3.10.4 Morphocomplex (Morfokompleks)
3.10.4.1 A morphocomplex is a morphodemic unit consisting of a mixture or assemblage of landforms belonging to two or more classes.
3.10.4.2 Morphocomplex is without rank in the morphodemic classification system.
3.10.4.3 No limitations are placed on the dimensions of a morphocomplex, but it most often has a regional extent.
3.10.4.4 A morphocomplex is mappable using geomorphological methods.
3.10.4.5 The individual morphostratigraphical units constituting a morphocomplex may be formally or informally defined units of different origin. A morphocomplex consisting of terrace morphodemes, beach ridge morphodemes and shore notch morphodemes may, for example, be erected to define a shoreline level (see Section 3.7.11.7.e and Fig. 26).
3.10.4.6 A morphocomplex is given a formal or an informal name in accordance with the "general rules for naming and defining geological units" (Chap. 2) and the provisions of Section 3.10.1.3. Names composed of a geographical name and the words "the ... Morphocomplex" should preferably only be used for formally defined morphocomplexes.
3.10.4.7 The term morphocomplex must not be used for assemblages of morphostratigraphical units belonging to the same class (e.g. ice-marginal deposit, marine terrace, beach ridge), even if the individual landforms have a composite (i.e. "complex") lithology and mode of origin. Such assemblages are either morphosuites or morphosupersuites.
3.10.4.8 Example: No morphocomplexes have so far been defined in Norway.
3.10.4.9 Key reference: this Code.
