Kukri Peneplain

The Kukri Peneplain is a near-horizontal and flat unconformity in the Transantarctic Mountains. The peneplain formed by erosion of the granitic and metamorphic basement rocks during the Paleozoic (Silurian to Devonian). Kukri Peneplain dips gently to the west.[1]

References
  1. Fitzgerald, Paul G.; Sandiford, Michael; Barrett, Peter J.; Gleadow, Andrew J. D. (1986). "Asymmetric extension associated with uplift and subsidence in the Transantarctic Mountains and Ross Embayment". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 81: 67–78. Bibcode:1986E&PSL..81...67F. doi:10.1016/0012-821x(86)90101-9.

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