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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 in earliest Eocene times has produced flint gravels above the chalk, and an ancient stream deposit of chalk pebbles occurs at Ballycastle.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
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)
Superficial Signs of the same obliterated by Denudation.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
I sincerely hope the "Craters of Denudation" prosper; I pin my faith to this view.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
Denudation, rate of, 285. —— of oldest rocks, 308.
From On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition) by Darwin, Charles
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