denudation

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Denudation may be divided into subaerial, or the action of wind, rain, and rivers; and submarine, or that effected by the waves of the sea, and its tides and currents.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

Denudation and Deposition of Strata as a Measure of Time.—The materials of all the stratified rocks of the globe have been obtained from the dry land.

From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Wallace, Alfred Russel

Oscillations in the Level of the Alps and lower Country required to explain the Formation and Denudation of the Loess.

From The Antiquity of Man by Lyell, Charles, Sir

Denudation through countless ages separated it from them.

From The Great Salt Lake Trail by Inman, Henry

"On Craters of Denudation, with Observations on the Structure and Growth of Volcanic Cones."

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir