gibber plain

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  A large desert pavement.
 * 2) * 2011, Julie E. Laity, 9: Pavements and stone mantles, David S. G. Thomas (editor), Arid Zone Geomorphology: Process, Form and Change in Drylands, |%22gibber+plains%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bThdT46jBs2ViAe0tIDKCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22gibber%20plain%22|%22gibber%20plains%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page,
 * Gibber plains vary in character according to local sources of bedrock, with limestone gibbers, for example, adjacent to the northern Flinders Ranges (Twidale, 1994) and silcrete gibbers mantling a deflated surface in the Sturt Stony Desert (Thomas, Clarke and Pain, 2005).
 * 1) * 2011, Julie E. Laity, 9: Pavements and stone mantles, David S. G. Thomas (editor), Arid Zone Geomorphology: Process, Form and Change in Drylands, |%22gibber+plains%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bThdT46jBs2ViAe0tIDKCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22gibber%20plain%22|%22gibber%20plains%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page,
 * Gibber plains vary in character according to local sources of bedrock, with limestone gibbers, for example, adjacent to the northern Flinders Ranges (Twidale, 1994) and silcrete gibbers mantling a deflated surface in the Sturt Stony Desert (Thomas, Clarke and Pain, 2005).

Synonyms

 * stony desert, stony mantle