Definitions
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- adjective geology Relating to, or influenced by,
denudation .
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Examples
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Scattered, gravel-capped benches occur and protrude from the present denudational surface because they are much more resistant to erosion than the surrounding shales.
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Scattered, gravel-capped benches occur and protrude from the present denudational surface because they are more resistant to erosion than the surrounding shales.
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Low littoral plains near the Caspian Sea, arid denudational plateaus (northern part of Ustyurt and western part of Betpakdala), stony plains, and melkosopochnik (a highly eroded plateau) (Mangyshlak, eastern part of Betpakdala and northern part near Balkhash Lake) are represented here.
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Higher on the slopes, exposed surfaces are denudational: they are sculpted by the removal of material through wind and water erosion.
Taklimakan desert 2007
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During the National Geographic Society excavations in the canyon, 1921-1927, trenches were dug which revealed former channels and denudational surfaces.
Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico : 1937
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