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Look up: corrasion

  1. corrasion
    the mechanical process involved in the wearing away of rock and soil by the scouring action of rock fragments activated by wind or water Category: The cosmos
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  2. Corrasion
    Cor·ra'sion noun [ See Corrade .] (Geol.) The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/163

  3. Corrasion
    • (n.) The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  4. CORRASION
    The wearing away of bedrock or loose sediment by mechanical action of moving agents, especially water. i.e. corrosion and abrasion
    Found on http://www.cancaver.ca/docs/glossary.htm

  5. corrasion
    Grinding away of solid rock surfaces by particles carried by water, ice, and wind. It is generally held to be the most significant form of erosion in rivers. As the eroding particles are carried along they are eroded themselves (becoming rounder and smaller) due to the process of attrition
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  6. Corrasion
    `Corrasion` is a geographical term for the process of mechanical erosion of a rock surface caused when materials are transported across it by running water, glaciers, wind, waves or gravitational movement downslope, for example, the wearing away of fine particles of rock on a river or seabed by a sa...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrasion

  7. Corrasion
    (album) Name = Corrasion | Type = studio | Artist = Nadja | Cover = | Released = November 15, 2003 | Recorded = | Genre = Drone metal, experimental metal | Length = 51:55 | Label = Foreshadow Productions<ref name = Amazon>http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000TKOD18 Corrasion @ Amazon--> | Producer...
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