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In addition to tectonics, the petrology also affects the morphology of a landscape. Basically, one distinguishes between two types of rocks: igneous rocks and sedimentary rocks.
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Scheidegger, A.E. (1987). Petrological background. In: Systematic Geomorphology. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8915-3_4
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