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Hills and valleys are usually carved out of layered sequences of rock, or strata, the individual members — or beds — differing in thickness and in resistance to erosion. Hence diverse topography (surface features) and land-forms are produced. Only in exceptional circumstances is the topography eroded out of a single rock-type.
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Bennison, G.M. (1990). Horizontal and dipping strata. In: An Introduction to Geological Structures and Maps. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9630-1_1
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