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In 1964, he amplified and simplified shapes into low-relief wall pieces he called 'erotic thermometers.'
When the West Coast Went Pop Peter Plagens 2011
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Two low-relief bronze panels on either side of Grant's pedestal represent the infantry.
A Great Bronze Tarnished by Neglect Michael F. Bishop 2011
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The Belize submarine shelf is the drowned expression of a low-relief karst surface with locally developed sinkholes such as the Boca Ciega 'blue hole', and river channels.
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The resplendent age of Louis XIV (who lived from 1638 to 1715) is represented by an array of monumental statuary, high - and low-relief plaques and medallions, and beguiling statuette groups that attest to the sophistication with which French sculptors interpreted Baroque aesthetics.
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Broad, undulating, low-relief agricultural valleys south of the Wisconsinan terminal moraine that are underlain by cavernous carbonate rock and characterized by karst topography and fertile soils.
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As they flow down to the coast, the lower reaches of these rivers become highly sinuous and cross extensive, low-relief plains.
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These features are isolated stands of trees upon low-relief features, primarily natural levee remnants, ant and termite mounds, and archaeological earthworks.
Beni savanna 2008
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Substrates of the low-relief region are a mix of sands, silts, and clays.
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Substrates of the low-relief region are a mix of sands, silts, and clays, resulting in well to poorly drained Entisols and Inceptisols with silt loam or fine sandy loam surfaces.
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The Peninsula is mostly low-relief, with undulating plains comprising three quarters of the region.
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