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ALTIMETRIC analysis of a series of topographic maps covering the main Cordillera of Puerto Rico indicates the existence of erosion surfaces, represented largely by concordant summit-levels, at the following average elevations: 760, 620, 470, 330 and 160 m. above present sea-level1. Field work at present in progress suggests that these elevations in fact represent mean elevations of groups of stepped surfaces, in some instances bearing sedimentary deposits which have been described previously as residual soils.
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WEAVER, J. Erosion Surfaces in the Caribbean and their Significance. Nature 190, 1186–1187 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1901186a0
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