Geography PYQ 360 of 587 · Geological History & Rocks · Geological History

Who among the following postulated the concept of the geographical cycle of erosion?

  1. AA. Holmes
  2. BW. M. Davis
  3. CS. W. Wooldridge
  4. DKober
  5. ENone of the above/More than one of the above

67th B.P.S.C. (Re-Exam) (Pre)-2022

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Correct answer: (b) W. M. Davis

Explanation

W. M. Davis (William Morris Davis) presented the concept of the cycle of erosion. Walter Penck, while presenting a critical and alternative view of Davis’s theory, gave a model which he named “Morphological Analysis”.

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