On the geoindicative significance of the relative age of topography

Abstract

Retaltive age of topography (stage of denudational development) is introduced as a criterion of geological interpretation. The thesis is illustrated with examples from the Northern Urals and western Middle Siberia. The geological interpretation practice has been concluded to confirm Davis scheme, which states the topography correspondence to geological structure to change in the course of erosion cycle. A scheme of regionalization based on relative age of topography is necessary for automatization of geological deciphering. The author substantiates the necessity of general morphochronological scheme compilation by means of identification of natural stages in the topography development, which are independent on geological age.