erode

Examples of erosive

erosive
Upper bedding planes are mostly erosive, but may contain ripples, where not cut.
Based on the depth of the erosive downcutting, it is estimated that the elevation of the basin was at least 180 m above sea-level.
The sandstone beds are generally continuous, with sharp to erosive bed bases.
The upper sequence boundary is a planar and erosive surface developed on top of the inner ramp or even on mid-ramp facies.
The metre-thick beds are unsorted and show erosive basal contacts, whereas some thinner beds exhibit normal grading.
This is to be contrasted with a consuming interest, one which is self-gratifying, introverted and erosive, returning nothing.
Channel-form medium-grained sand bodies with an erosive base interrupt the fine-grained sediments.
However, over a third of the beds show no grading, are clast-supported, have no internal sedimentary structures and display sharp or erosive bases.
The threshold year is shorter for erosive crops like teff than for less erosive crops.
These coarser grained beds show erosive bases and are up to 200 mm thick, showing both normal and inverse grading.
The upper boundary of the formation is erosive and is frequently difficult to identify.
They are typically developed as tabular bodies without obvious erosive bases.
Alternatively, a change in subsidence rates within the graben may have led to regular erosive removal of fine-grained floodbasin facies by actively migrating channels.
Erosive bases to some laminae also indicate relatively vigorous cur rent activity.
Usually they form lenticular bodies with shallow erosive channel bases and appear to be amalgamated from two to four layers separated by thin joints.
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