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Criticism of Teory about Geomorphological Cycles by William Morris Davis
Andrija Bognar
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, PMF, Geografski odsjek
Sažetak
Up to this day there have been no theory which would, by undeniable facts, present and prove the whole geomorphological development of the Earth relief. History of geomorphology is familiar with 5 theories of the global approach which represent a revolutionary progress in geomorphological idea development, but none of them has given an appropriate answer, explanation or acceptable interpretation of our planet relief evolution regularity. The first one, so called theory of geomorphological cycles, is connected with the name of the American geomorphologist William Morris Davis. In the framework of that theory he tried to represent the emergence and the whole evolution of the relief forms in one, for that time very progressive way, but, in spite of that, during the 20th century, his theory experienced an exeptionally sharp criticism or was called into question in its entirety.
In this work we shall present the essence of Davis’ theory and survey, then evaluation of the most important critical comments. Finally, we shall try to prove that the basic idea of this great geomorphologist is still positive in the light of new cognitions about the teory of the plate global tectonics.
Ključne riječi
relief; development; theory; geomorphological cycles; evolution; pineplain
Hrčak ID:
36918
URI
Datum izdavanja:
21.6.2001.
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