Geology Reference
In-Depth Information
1
Characteristics and foundations
1.1
TYPICAL LANDFORMS AND LANDSCAPES
Many familiar landforms are developed on granite as well as in other lithological environments. Thus,
fault scarps and fault-line scarps, valleys (Figs 1.1a,
b, and c)
and other features (
Figs 1.1d and e)
are
(a)
Figure 1.1.
(a) The Meckering fault scarp, Yilgarn Province, Western Australia was a complex of dirt scarps
in granitic rocks, and formed on October 20, 1968. All the scarps are now degraded (West
Australian Newspapers).
