- In
earth science,
erosion is the
action of
surface processes (such as
water flow or wind) that
removes soil, rock, or
dissolved material from one location...
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divided into
water erosion,
glacial erosion, snow
erosion, wind (aeolean)
erosion,
zoogenic erosion and
anthropogenic erosion. Soil
erosion may be a slow process...
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Coastal erosion is the loss or
displacement of land, or the long-term
removal of
sediment and
rocks along the
coastline due to the
action of waves, currents...
- Bone
erosion is the loss of bone from
disease processes.
Erosive arthritis is
joint inflammation (arthritis) with bone destruction, and such conditions...
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Erosion (usually
represented by ⊖) is one of two
fundamental operations (the
other being dilation) in
morphological image processing from
which all other...
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Erosion control is the
practice of
preventing or
controlling wind or
water erosion in agriculture, land development,
coastal areas,
river banks and construction...
- Acid
erosion is a type of
tooth wear. It is
defined as the
irreversible loss of
tooth structure due to
chemical dissolution by
acids not of bacterial...
- cycle, or
cycle of
erosion, is an
idealized model that
explains the
development of
relief in landscapes. The
model starts with the
erosion that
follows uplift...
- Bank
erosion is the
wearing away of the
banks of a
stream or river. This is
distinguished from
erosion of the bed of the watercourse,
which is referred...
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Gastric erosion occurs when the
mucous membrane lining the
stomach becomes inflamed. Specifically, the term "
erosion," in this
context means damage that...