3.10.3 Morphosuite (Morfosuite)
3.10.3.1 A morphosuite is a morphostratigraphical unit consisting of two or more morphodemes, or a corresponding number of informal morphodemic units. The individual units constituting a morphosuite must belong to the same class.
3.10.3.2 Morphosuite is a formal morphodemic unit ranking next above morphodeme. Two or more morphosuites of the same or different class(es) can be defined as a morphosupersuite.
3.10.3.3 A morphosuite usually has a regional extent, or may consist of a few separate units which together have a regional extent.
3.10.3.4 A morphosuite is mappable using geomorphological methods.
3.10.3.5 A morphosuite consists of formal morphodemes and/or informal and unnamed morphodemic units belonging to the same class of landforms. Such classes may be ice-marginal deposits, marine terrace surfaces, beach ridges, kame terraces or similar features (Figs. 25, 26). The individual units in a morphosuite occur relatively close to each other in a group, but need not be found throughout the distribution area of the morphosuite.
3.10.3.6 A morphosuite is only given a formal name, this being constructed in accordance with the "general rules for naming and defining geological units" (Chap. 2) and the provisions of Section 3.10.1.3. The name should consist of a geographical name between the words "the ... Morphosuite". An additional descriptive term can be placed in front of morphosuite, e.g. Ice-Marginal Ridge, Terrace, Beach Ridge.
3.10.3.7 A morphosuite may change character regionally to such a degree that in an area beyond its type area it will be most appropriate to call the unit a morphodeme. The proper name component of the originally-defined morphosuite can be retained even though the rank is changed to morphodeme (Section 2.5.1).
3.10.3.8 Examples: No morphosuites have so far been defined in Norway. A possible morphosuite might be several adjacent ice-marginal deposits. In the Ås-Ski area east of Oslofjord there is a group of several large and small ice-marginal ridges (Sørensen 1983) which could form part of an ice-marginal morphosuite.
3.10.3.9 Key reference: this Code.
