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Pediplain

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pediplain [′ped·ə‚plān]
(geology)
A rock-cut erosion surface formed in a desert by the coalescence of two or more pediments. Also known as desert peneplain; desert plain; panfan.

Pediplain 

an outwash plain formed in formerly mountainous or hilly arid and semiarid regions through the parallel retreat of valley slopes and the coalescing of pediments (see). Opinions differ concerning the mechanism triggering the formation of pediplains.



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Shallow weathered buried pediplain is a smooth surface of weathered shales and phyllites with less than five meters of thickness are generally covered with black soils with moderate to good ground water yields.
1976 Rock Art of the Cobar Pediplain in Central Western NSW, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra.
Shallow weathered buried pediplain is a smooth surface of weathered shales and phyllites with less than five meters of thickness are generally covered with black soils with moderate to good ground water yields.
 
 
 
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