topography case studies

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cuesta
wenlock edge
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te mata peak
hogsback
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posotive relief
sheep valley
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inverted relief
snowdon
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recent fault movement causing difference in height of ground
fault scarp
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difference in height of ground due to differential erosion of ground either side of a fault
fault line scarp
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a strike slip fault picked out and eroded by a glacier in scotland
great glen fault
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two normal faults with a central block moved down
rift valley
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width of the east african rift valley
30 to 100km
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formed by acid rain and contain clints and grykes
limestone pavements
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caused by hydrolysis of granite in joints
granite tors
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gabro and granite pluton in skye
red and black cullin
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example of a volcanic plug in Edinburgh
castle rock
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thickness of the whin sill
700m
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igneous intrusion at the ardnamurchan peninsula
ring dyke
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ash and lava sequence bedding on the isle of mull
lava terraccing
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columner jointing example
giants causway
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upstanding mass that has resisted erosion
monadnock
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hard band of rock across a glacial valley
rock barrier
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the surface, shape and features of the earth
topography
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Card 2

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te mata peak

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hogsback

Card 3

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posotive relief

Back

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Card 4

Front

inverted relief

Back

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Card 5

Front

recent fault movement causing difference in height of ground

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