Terminology of Surface Forms of the Erosion Cycle

Abstract

The present lack of uniformity and precision in the use of terms applied to surface forms of the erosion cycle makes evident the need for a revision and simplification of the system of nomenclature. In the following article the writers review the concept of the erosion cycle and propose a logical terminology applicable to the humid and the arid cycles of erosion. Some of the terms now in use are redefined and a few new ones are suggested.