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This document discusses three types of stream terraces - tectonic, climatic, and complex-response - and their implications for soil development. Tectonic terraces form from lateral erosion during periods of tectonically-induced downcutting, creating major strath terraces. Climatic terraces form from aggradation during climatic perturbations, leaving aggradation surfaces. Complex-response terraces form from periods of degradation or aggradation in response to interactions within the fluvial system, creating

Author
João Carlos Cerqueira
Language
EN