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Table 12.1.
Granitic forms - lithological convergence.
Granite
Other lithologies
Planation Surfaces
Rolling (peneplains)
Northern Province, South Africa; northern Eyre
Cretaceous sediments - Carpentaria Plains, Qld;
Peninsula, SA; southern Yilgarn, WA
Wilcannia area, NSW
Flat (etch or ultiplain)
Bushmanland, Namaqualand (Western Cape
Sandstone - Bushmanland, Namibia, Namaqualand
Province), South Africa; Meekatharra, central WA
(Western Cape Province)
Schist - central Namibia
Limestone - Nullarbor Plain, WA and SA
Pediment
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covered
Central Namibia
Sediments - Flinders Ranges, SA; Cape Fold Belt;
American West - Nevada, Utah, Colorado
Pediment - mantled
Numerous sites
Schist - central Namibia
Pediment - rock
Corrobinnie Hill, northwestern Eyre Peninsula,
Argillite - Aliena, Flinders Ranges
SA; many sites in southwestern WA
Conglomerate - west of Olgas, NT
Limestone - numerous sites
Sandstone - Ayers Rock, NT
Residuals
Bornhardts
Numerous sites - either (a) isolated (inselbergs)
Conglomerate - Indonesia; Olgas, NT
or (b) components of massifs
Dacite/rhyolite - Gawler Ranges, SA
Limestone - Indonesia; western Malaysia; southern
China (Kweilin)
Sandstone - Ayers Rock, NT; Kimba, Eyre Peninsula,
SA; Kings Canyon, NT; Mali, West Africa
Nubbins (knolls)
Many sites in humid tropics (northern and central
Dolerite - Keetmanshoop, southern Namibia; western
Australia; Hong Kong) but also Namaqualand
Pilbara, WA
(western Cape Province); American Southwest
Castle koppies
Central Zimbabwe; cold or cool uplands in western
Sandstone - English Pennines; Roopena, Eyre
Europe (southwestern England; Pyrenees; Massif
Peninsula, SA
Central; western Iberia)
Towe rs
Pitons of Arabia; Guyana; Organ Mountains,
Conglomerate - Pyrenees; Meteora, Greece; southern
New Mexico; Mt Whitney, eastern Sierra
Brazil
Nevada, California; The Needles, South Dakota;
Limestone - in many areas especially humid tropics -
Pitoes das Junhas, northern Portugal
northern Australia: Chillagoe, Qld, Fitzroy Basin,
WA; but also Yukon, Canada
Sandstone - Gran Sabana, Brazil; Bungle Bungle
Ranges, WA; southern Brazil
Pillars
Murphys Haystacks, Eyre Peninsula, SA
Rhyolitic tuff - City of Rocks, New Mexico
Sandstone - Drakensberg, Western Cape Province,
South Africa
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