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Kōrero: Geomorphology – a history

Stream erosion

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Stream erosion

This diagram of the stages of stream erosion is taken from Patrick Marshall’s textbook, Geology of New Zealand (1912). Many similar diagrams showing stages of landscape development were later produced by Charles Cotton. Cotton was a student of Marshall, and was probably influenced by his teacher’s work.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Reference: Patrick Marshall, Geology of New Zealand. Wellington: Government Print, 1912, fig. 7

by Patrick Marshall

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Rebecca Priestley, Geomorphology – a history – Key theories: 1880s–1940s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/diagram/13112/stream-erosion (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rebecca Priestley, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.