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Etymology
Origin of denudation
1575–85; < Late Latin dēnūdātiōn- (stem of dēnūdātiō ), equivalent to Latin dēnūdāt ( us ) ( see denudate) + -iōn- -ion
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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 has partially worn them down; but they seem to have almost wholly escaped the previous crumpling process.
From The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland by Symonds, W. S. (William Samuel)
Computation of the average annual Amount of subaerial Denudation.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
Computation of the average annual Amount of subaerial Denudation.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
Superficial Signs of the same obliterated by Denudation.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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