Analysis of digital elevation data for palaeosurfaces in south-western Sweden |
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Authors: | Magnus Johansson |
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Institution: | Göteborg University, Physical Geography, Earth Sciences Centre, Box 460, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden |
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Abstract: | A 3873-km2 large rectangular area of the Precambrian basement in south-western Sweden has been investigated regarding gross morphology of palaeosurfaces. GIS and digital elevation data were used to construct maps of relative and absolute relief and E–W trending height profiles. Three different palaeosurfaces were recognised and delimited; the very even sub-Cambrian peneplain in the east at an intermediate altitudinal position, an uplifted and broken part of the sub-Cambrian peneplain in the centre at the highest present elevation, and in the western coastal areas a joint-aligned valley landscape with high relative relief, probably an exhumed Mesozoic etch-surface. Phanerozoic faulting has dissected the different palaeosurfaces into tectonic blocks, which are shown from trend surface analysis to be tilted in different directions and to different degrees, characteristic and decisive for the morphological development. |
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Keywords: | GIS trend surface analysis relative relief etch-surface morphotectonics |
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