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PREFERRED TERM

EROSION  

DEFINITION

  • The wearing away of soil and rock by weathering, mass wasting, and the action of streams, glaciers, waves, wind, and underground water.

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  • 2017-03-10 08:49:46.0 [tstevens] update Definition (The wearing away of soil and rock by weathering, mass wasting, and the action of streams, glaciers, waves, wind, and underground water.); update Definition (Dictionary of Geological Terms, American Geological Institute, 1984. );

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/1e2b1b67-a401-4fb6-9ee9-b022c1c023dc

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