Concepedia

Pediment Formation

Pediment Formation is a geomorphic process that involves the gradual erosion and planation of bedrock surfaces at the foot of mountain fronts, resulting in the development of gently sloping, sediment-mantled surfaces in arid and semiarid regions.

40

Publications

1.2K

Citations

77

Authors

38

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

0

Parents

Publications

40

Late Cenozoic tectonism and landscape development in the foreland of the Andes: Northern Sierras Pampeanas (26°–28°S), Argentina

Manfred R. Strecker, Philip F. Cerveny, A. L. Bloom et al. · Tectonics · 1989 · 161 citations

, , +17

The Temple of Sulis-Minerva at Bath

I. A. Richmond, J. M. C. Toynbee · The Journal of Roman Studies · 1955 · 54 citations

, , +13

Mantle-controlled planation of pediments

J. A. Mabbutt · American Journal of Science · 1966 · 51 citations · Full text

, , +13

Landscape inheritance and the pediment problem in the Mojave Desert of southern California

Theodore M. Oberlander · American Journal of Science · 1974 · 49 citations · Full text

, , +11

Geochronology of pediment surfaces in southern Peru: Implications for Quaternary deformation of the Andean forearc

Sarah R. Hall, Daniel L. Farber, Laurence Audin et al. · Tectonophysics · 2008 · 47 citations

, , +15

1–5 of 40

Authors

77

  1. CR
    C. R. Twidale

    The University of Adelaide, Australia

    4 publications · 67 citations

    4

    h-index

  2. RI
    Ronald I. Dorn

    Arizona State University, United States

    2 publications · 30 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. PH
    Phillip H. Larson

    Arizona State University, United States

    2 publications · 30 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. SK
    Scott Kelley

    Arizona State University, United States

    2 publications · 30 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. HH
    Hugh H. Mills

    Tennessee Technological University, United States

    2 publications · 30 citations

    2

    h-index

1–5 of 77

Institutions

38

  1. The University of Adelaide

    Adelaide, Australia

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    94 citations

  2. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    124 citations

  3. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  4. University of Calcutta

    Kolkata, India

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  5. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

    Canberra, Australia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  6. Geological Survey of India

    Kolkata, India

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  7. Korea University

    Seoul, South Korea

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  8. Sapienza University of Rome

    Rome, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

1–8 of 38

Venues

  1. American Journal of Science

    3 publications · 119 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. The Journal of Geology

    JG · 3 publications · 43 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. Geological Society of America Bulletin

    3 publications · 94 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. 2

    h-index

  5. Tectonics

    2 publications · 195 citations

    2

    h-index

1–5