Deep weathering and erosion surfaces in the Daly River basin, Northern Territory
作者:
R. L. Wright,
期刊:
Journal of the Geological Society of Australia
(Taylor Available online 1963)
卷期:
Volume 10,
issue 1
页码: 151-163
ISSN:0016-7614
年代: 1963
DOI:10.1080/00167616308728537
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Within the Daly River basin, Northern Territory, three erosion surfaces are described and their relationships to deep weathering are discussed. The Bradshaw surface is the highest and oldest surface recognized. It is of considerable perfection and forms main divides; it is associated with a deep lateritic profile with a strongly silicified horizon forming the lower part of the pallid zone and extending into rocks immediately beneath. The Maranboy surface now forms secondary divides, with related rock‐cut terraces, below the level of the Bradshaw surface. In most areas it was produced by the stripping of the upper, less silicified parts of the Bradshaw pallid zone. The Maranboy surface is associated with a lateritic weathering profile less deep than the Bradshaw profile and mainly developed in the Bradshaw weathering mantle. A younger erosion surface, the Tipperary surface, advanced by the removal of the Maranboy re‐weathered layer exposing the resistant Bradshaw silicified rock which commonly forms a base‐level of denudation. The Tipperary surface consists of broad plains, gently undulating terrain, and dissected headwater valley floors. It is relatively unweathered and carries depositional mantles which are attributed to climatically induced slope instability.
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