erosionaladj.
/ɪˈrəʊʒənəl/ Caused by erosion.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > erosion or weathering > [adjective]
degrading1842
laterized1847
lateritized1865
abrasional1889
destructional1900
erosional1903
denudational1913
1903 Science 2 Jan. 26/2 The terraced character of the outlet at Horseheads was also described, and the opinion expressed that the broader terrace is an erosional and not a constructional..feature.
1947 Endeavour V. 43 That stratified rocks are the sands and muds of bygone ages and have been thus formed out of the erosional debris of pre-existing land masses began to be appreciated at the end of the eighteenth century.
1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation i. 17 Heavy erosional phases represented by conglomeratic deposits of ‘molasse’ type.
1969 Nature 11 Oct. 164/1 Such streams are usually associated with extensive flood-plains leading out from upland V-shaped erosional valleys.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
<
adj.1903