Paleic surface

Satellite image of southern Norway, higher areas shown in as red. If studied carefully zones of gentle slopes and flat terrain can be discerned in the uplands. These make up the paleic surface.

The paleic surface or palaeic surface (Norwegian: paleisk overflate, from Ancient Greek palaios, meaning "old"[1]) is an erosion surface of gentle slopes that exist in Southern Norway.[2] It is considered a continuation to the Sub-Cambrian peneplain found further east.[3] The peneplain surfaces of the paleic surface are apparently disrupted by vertical displacement along faults, following an NNE-SSW orientation.[3] The paleic surface has reached its elevated position in a process related to the opening Atlantic Ocean that begun 140 millions years ago.[1]

The concept of a paleic surface was first introduced by Hans Reusch in 1901.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lidmar-Bergström, Karna. "Paleiska ytan". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Cydonia Development. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ Bryhni, Inge. "paleisk overflate". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Jarsve, Erlend M.; Krøgli, Svein Olav; Etzelmüller, Bernd; Gabrielsen, Roy H. (2014). "Automatic identification of topographic surfaces related to the sub-Cambrian peneplain (SCP) in southern Norway—Surface generation algorithms and implications". Geomorphology (Elsevier) 211: 89–99. line feed character in |title= at position 77 (help);
  4. ↑ Green, Paul F.; Lidmar-Bergström, Karna; Japsen, Peter; Bonow, Johan M.; Chalmers, James A. (2013). "Stratigraphic landscape analysis, thermochronology and the episodic development of elevated, passive continental margins". Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 30: 18. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
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