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Figure 15.5
Classic and evolutionary interpretations of Tertiary landscape evolution in southern England.
Source:
Adapted from Jones (1999)
through a predominantly morphostatic episode,
but to the east it had evolved through erosion of the
previously deposited Palaeogene cover and Chalk,
especially in areas subject to tectonic movements.
almost its present form. The uplift of upwarped
areas and major inversion axes generated both relief
and erosion, so that denudation accelerated on
the Channel High and Weald-Artois Anticline.
Elsewhere, the lesser scale of tectonic move-
ments resulted in the development of Neogene
surfaces (Miocene and Pliocene) at the expense
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Rather more pronounced tectonic deformation
in the early Miocene epoch saw the fur-
ther development of the structural pattern to
