Examples of erosion

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The point here is that low yields may accelerate erosion rates considerably.
Keeping these variables exogenous allows us to focus more sharply on the yield-erosion linkage.
E represents half the loss of nitrogen from soil erosion.
Not surprisingly, the wealth is very sensitive to erosion rates.
Despite the erosion of the initial glyph, enough survives to suggest that the figure depicted on this scepter was named specifically as a lord.
No burned matrix is associated with them, but their proximity to the sur face could have resulted in the erosion of such sediments.
On the theory of the erosion processes in the cathode region of an arc discharge.
The multi-level governance perspective stresses the sharing of power between member states and other non-state actors as well as the erosion of member state influence.
Neither of course does ' democratising ' the state entail the erosion of clientelism ; in fact it might imply just the opposite.
Not only was there concern about the economy, but it was also felt that the revolution itself was suffering from moral erosion.
Each identifies a theme ; respectively desertification, deforestation, food production, and soil erosion.
High frequency use of grammatical functors causes their lenition and erosion.
Sediments overlaying the archaeological level have protected the settlement remains from processes like erosion and mechanical weathering.
The haemoptysis in this case could have been due to erosion of a small vessel of the compressed lung by the false aneurysm.
Preliminary experiments have focussed on quantifying erosion and sloughing as separate indicators of overall detachment rate.
With the erosion of pragmatic and semantic features, the grammars of bilinguals tend to converge at the mor phosyntactic level.
The erosion of legal protections for citizens and civil liberties must not be allowed.
The technologies and practices discussed, with the exception of soil erosion control, are all tradable goods.
Not only are maize yields increased, but soil erosion is reduced nearly 30-fold compared to conventinal monocrop cultivation.
The prices of the goods do not reflect the full costs of production, which include such things as soil erosion and biodiversity loss.
Additionally, improved resource management should reduce erosion and limit the off-farm negative externalities.
Higher rainfall, which can lead to erosion but is also associated with higher production possibility, was positively associated with terrace adoption.
The authors attempt to estimate the ecological relationships between deforestation and the losses of goods and services, as well as soil erosion and biodiversity.
Fingerprinting can detect erosion sources, which may lead to targeted protection of vulnerable areas.
Lack of empirical data on crop responses to soil erosion has hindered policy-relevant research.
One could also see a reduction in cultivation of the marginal lands with consequent reductions in erosion risk on these lands.
Genetic erosion, however, does not occur solely because of direct competition between traditional and improved varieties of the same species.
Additionally, 4,808 hectares had terraces, 5,019 hectares had measures that help control water erosion, and 946 hectares had improved water management (reservoirs and irrigation systems).
In fields with low erosion rates, there is little increase in leaching.
Another, more workable approach to the erosion problem would be to create incentives for the adoption of soil conservation measures on upland farms.
From the diachronic point of view, it is therefore to be expected that these words are liable to erosion.
The authors of this chapter show little comprehension of how trees affect soil erosion.
Common examples are adverse health eects of ground water contamination and pesticide use, and damage to irrigation infrastructures due to soil erosion.
To reduce soil erosion, the establishment of early ground cover is highly desirable, showing the importance of rapid canopy growth in improved varieties.
No persistent defects or recurrent erosions were recorded.
Already fearful of erosions into their professional autonomy, these doctors viewed government efforts in healthcare with the same skepticism their counterparts had 20 years before.
Effects of prenatal maternal handling and differential housing on offspring emotionality, plasma corticosterone levels and susceptibility to gastric erosions.
Initial and 1 year radiographs were evaluated for the presence of erosions.
All radiographs were evaluated for the presence of erosions.
X-rays show central and peripheral erosions of these joints and there may be associated small erosions of the first carpometacarpal and trapezioscaphoid joints.
In this study, all 34 children showed a polyarticular course of the disease complicated by recurrent episodes of systemic disease, severe joint erosions, osteoporosis and stunted growth.
The onset may be acute or relatively insidious but is associated with the development of nodules and erosions and may be associated with the extra-articular features of rheumatoid disease.
The lesions may consist of crusted erosions.
The project document continues with a good deal of detail about the erosion works, areas to be covered by different treatments, and the expected benefits.
The existing cultivation systems often caused serious erosion as a result of the" instant overpopulation" which ensued.
A full analysis of the causes of soil erosion is required.
There are three ways in which the place-based, location-specific element is relevant to any analysis of soil erosion.
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