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Climatic Geomorphology
Figure 21.34. A sequence of development for boulder inselbergs, involving decay of interior joint blocks
within the zone of circulating vadose water, together with lateral weathering penetration leading to slope
retreat. The first stage (A) may be reached without recourse to deep preweathering, but this is not precluded.
The stripping involved in the transition A-B can be related to a climatic change (after Thomas, 1978).
of the bedrock. Linton (1955) suggested an intense chemical weathering during Tertiary
times for the Dartmoor granite of southern England. In this case regolith removal took
place by periglacial processes, in the same sense as proposed by Demek (1964) in the
Bohemian Massif (Czechoslovakia). Later on, Czudek and Demek (1971) interpreted
Climatic Geomorphology
Figure 21.34. A sequence of development for boulder inselbergs, involving decay of interior joint blocks
within the zone of circulating vadose water, together with lateral weathering penetration leading to slope
retreat. The first stage (A) may be reached without recourse to deep preweathering, but this is not precluded.
The stripping involved in the transition A-B can be related to a climatic change (after Thomas, 1978).
of the bedrock. Linton (1955) suggested an intense chemical weathering during Tertiary
times for the Dartmoor granite of southern England. In this case regolith removal took
place by periglacial processes, in the same sense as proposed by Demek (1964) in the
Bohemian Massif (Czechoslovakia). Later on, Czudek and Demek (1971) interpreted