etchplanation

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noun

The process of subsurface weathering or etching which creates etchplains.

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Meanings

nounetchplanation (uncountable)
  1. uncountablegeographyThe process of subsurface weathering or etching which creates etchplains.

    Deep weathering and etchplanation can occur in the humid sub-tropics (Tricart, 1972) and a humid sub-tropical Britain in Tertiary times is possible.

    1985, Richard Hugh Johnson, The Geomorphology of North-west England, page 52

Origin

From etch + planation.

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