Table of Contents

1.Characteristics and foundations 2. Sheet fractures and structures 3. Weathering 4. Plains: the expected granite form 5. Boulders as examples of two-stage forms 6. Inselbergs and bornhardts 7. Other granitic residuals and uplands 8. Minor forms developed on steep slopes 9. Minor forms developed on gentle slopes 10. Caves and tafoni 11. Split and cracked blocks and slabs 12. Zonality, azonality and the coastal context 13. Retrospect and prospect

About the Author

Charles Rowland Twidale is presently a Visiting Fellow of the University of Adelaide, South Australia, and Honorary Professor of the University Institute of Geology "Isidro Parga Pondal" of the University of Coruna. Juan Ramon Vidal Romani is specialized in the interpretation of the origin of granitic forms in relation to their geodynamic environment. He is a Professor in Geodynamics at the University of Coruna and Director of the University Institute of Geology, "Isidro Parga Pondal".