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Sub-Cambrian peneplain

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Extraordinary flat surfaces of the subcambrian peneplain around the shores of lake Vänern near Kinnekulle.

The sub-Cambrian peneplain is a geomorphic unit covering large swathes of Fennoscandia. It consists in a series of discontiguous low relief zones that are at some locations covered by a sedimentary rock cover dating to the Cambrian. Close to the cover rocks the exposed parts of the peneplain are extraordinarily flat.[1] In Norway the peneplain is apparently disrupted by vertical displacement along faults, following an NNE-SSW orientation.[2]

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  1. ^ Lidmar-Bergström, Karna; Bonow, Johan M.; Japsen, Peter (2013). "Stratigraphic Landscape Analysis and geomorphological paradigms: Scandinavia as an example of Phanerozoic uplift and subsidence". Global and Planetary Change. 100: 153–171. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ^ Jarsve, Erlend M.; Krøgli, Svein Olav; Etzelmüller, Bernd; Gabrielsen, Roy H. (2014). "Automatic identification of topographic surfaces related to the sub-Cambrian peneplain (SCP) in southern Norway—Surface generation algorithms and implications". Geomorphology. 211. Elsevier: 89–99. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); line feed character in |title= at position 77 (help)