Denudation

I use it much as a geologist does the word denudation -- for an agent, expressing the result of several combined actions. ❋ Charles Darwin (1845)

I have already referred to the rapid denudation which is going on in these islands, and to the extent to which they have been denuded within comparatively recent times. ❋ Various (1880)

Moreover, the population density of the area surrounding the park, already very high (between 150 and 430 persons/km2), is increasing and the consequent denudation and erosion of the foothills outside the park boundary continues. ❋ Unknown (2009)

From about 150 millions years ago the region experienced a process of denudation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Highlighting the importance of forests in sustaining the economy and maintaining ecology of J&K besides being an attraction for the tourists all over the world, Minister for Forests and Environment Mian Altaf Ahmad has impressed upon the officers to put in dedicated and sincere efforts to protect the green wealth from further degradation and denudation caused by some unscrupulous and knavish elements. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There, no more false appearances, no plastering over is possible, filth removes its shirt, absolute denudation puts to the rout all illusions and mirages, there is nothing more except what really exists, presenting the sinister form of that which is coming to an end. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Degradation continued in many of the more susceptible environments, especially alluvial flats, with denudation of vegetation leading to the formation of deeply eroded gullies. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This development has resulted in extensive denudation of these catchment areas and an attendant loss of vegetative cover on the steep slopes, an increase in the incidence of landslides, soil erosion, and siltation of drainage systems in the valley bottoms and ultimately, increased incidence of flash flooding. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Degradation continued in many of the more susceptible environments, especially alluvial flats, with denudation of vegetation leading to the formation of deeply eroded gullies and/or extensive sheet erosion in the Ord and Fitzroy systems. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Because the mean continental elevation is approximately 850 m, this river-borne flux implies an annual conversion of approximately 370×1018 J of potential energy to kinetic energy of flowing water, the principal agent of geomorphic denudation shaping the earth's surfaces. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Intrusive igneous rocks can be brought to the surface of the Earth by denudation and by a variety of tectonic processes. ❋ Unknown (2007)

America of the intermittent elevation of the land, together with the denudation and deposition of sediment. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Recent DNA analysis, however, has given us some idea of when and where the great denudation took place. ❋ Staq Mavlen (2007)

So, perhaps we might have a denudation of reading at opposing ends of the social spectrum, with those in the middle, who have the education and taste to ad as well as the freedom from work pressures being those who read most. ❋ Unknown (2006)

He obtained a number for the “denudation of the Weald” in the range of 300 million years, apparently long enough for natural selection to have produced the astounding range of species that exist on earth. ❋ Unknown (2006)

This in turn is aggravating the denudation of the some 5,000 seized commercial farms as their new owners seek to make a quick profit by selling firewood. ❋ Unknown (2005)

And I am convinced that the denudation of social capital requires a response, reaffirming much of the 'traditionalist' agenda - but nothing like what 'Conservatism' in the UK has looked like for the past twenty years. ❋ Sam Norton (2005)