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Gilbert’s study of fluvial processes

In Earth sciences: Concepts of landform evolution
…graded condition, a state of dynamic equilibrium that is attained when the net effect of the flowing water is neither erosion of the bed nor deposition of sediment, when the landscape reflects a balance between the resistance of the rocks to erosion and the processes that are operative upon them.…
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In continental landform: Davisian dynamic equilibrium
Davis’s contribution to the theory of landform evolution also includes the idea of process interruption as a means of accelerating change (rejuvenation) and the notion of process slowing in a late stage of process evolution as energy is consumed. The latter idea comes…
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