Long-term landform evolution

Abstract

Abstract This chapter reviews major advances in studies of long-term landform evolution in the last few decades of the twentieth century. These include in particular the development of the etchplanation concept, which evolved into a dynamic approach linking inheritance, environmental change and contemporary processes, realization of the importance of weathering mantles in deciphering landscape evolution over long timescales, recognition of varying ancient landforms, especially in the Southern Hemisphere, and insights into preglacial landscapes at high latitudes that survived successive glaciations.