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The elevation of the Lower Greensand ridge, south-east England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

R. J. Chorley
R. J. Chorley
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Department of Geography, Downing Place, Cambridge.
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The influence of three classes of factors—geological structure, lithologic composition and spatial control over erosion—are examined by trend-surface analysis, followed by stepwise regression, in order to determine their relative importance in explaining the variation observed in the elevation of the Lower Greensand ridge of south-east England. It is concluded that structural controls are dominant, lithological controls very subordinate and the spatial control of very marginal significance.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 106 , Issue 3 , 04 June 1969 , pp. 231 - 248
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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