September <i>GSA Today</i> Cover Image (IMAGE)

Geological Society of America

September <i>GSA Today</i> Cover Image

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Iron-rich silcrete mantles beveled quartzite in south-central South Africa. Deep valleys dissect the landscape and steep hillslopes separate the valley bottoms from the flat, gently sloping pediments.

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Paul Bierman and <i>GSA Today</i>.

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