Walther Penck

Walther Penck
Born(1888-08-30)30 August 1888
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died29 September 1923(1923-09-29) (aged 35)
Stuttgart, Germany
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipGermany
Alma materHeidelberg University
Known forLandscape evolution theorist
Scientific career
FieldsGeomorphology
InstitutionsDirección General de Minas
University of Constantinople
University of Leipzig

Walther Penck (30 August 1888 – 29 September 1923) was a geologist[1] and geomorphologist[1] known for his theories on landscape evolution. Penck is noted for criticizing key elements of the Davisian cycle of erosion, concluding that the process of uplift and denudation occur simultaneously, at gradual and continuous rates.[2] Penck's idea of parallel slope retreat led to revisions of Davis's cycle of erosion.[1]

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  2. ^ Huggett 2003, p. 5