Flared slope

Picture of the Wave Rock, a landmark flared slope in Western Australia.

A flared slope is a landform consisting in a rock-wall with a smooth transition into a concavity at the foot zone. Flared slopes form due to weathering being more effective at the regolith or soil-covered base of rock walls. These landforms are common in grantic rocks but occur in other rock types as well. Flared slopes are can be found in a variety of climates.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Twidale, C. Rowland & Bourne, Jennifer A. (1998). Flared slopes revisited. Physical Geography, 19 (2): 109–132
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