Diagram showing block faulting of the checkerboard type; peneplanation of the region, and the development of a complicated topography by erosion in the second cycle.

Checkerboard Block Faulting

Diagram showing block faulting of the checkerboard type; peneplanation of the region, and the development…

A coastal plain after peneplanation. The strata are now beveled across by the peneplain, and the rivers are no longer controlled by the topography.

Coastal Plain After Peneplanation

A coastal plain after peneplanation. The strata are now beveled across by the peneplain, and the rivers…