The block diagram has been invented first and foremost in order to make it possible to illustrate directly the relationship of substratum structure to surface morphology. In all geomorphological descriptions there is a need for a type of illustration that coordinates the information from topographical and geological maps. Phenomena of a three-dimensional nature most easily are demonstrated on spatial landscape models while book illustrations have to be two-dimensional only. As a consequence of this combination of demands the block diagram was constructed and could be defined as a drawing in a two-dimensional plane of a three-dimensional landscape model. This model has to be cut and placed with a tilting that makes it possible to see not only the surface but also two of the lateral faces. When series of block diagrams are constructed in order to show morphogenetic stages in the development of certain type of landscape, time as the fourth dimension is introduced. The three schematic...
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Schou, A. (1968). Block diagram . In: Geomorphology. Encyclopedia of Earth Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31060-6_36
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