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,^[1] for example, the wearing away of fine particles of rock on a river or seabed by a sandpapering action, causing it to collapse and form a dip in the bed. The resultant effect on the rock is called abrasion. This sometimes happens at the bottom of cliffs to a slanted edge. Other forms of sea erosion include hydraulic action and attrition.

Corrasion can refer to stream erosion and transport. Corrasion involves wearing away surfaces that the water flows over through the impact or grinding action of particles moving with the water.^[2]

See also

• Bratschen

References

1. ^ Whittow, John (1984). Dictionary of Physical Geography. London: Penguin, 1984, p. 119. ISBN 0-14-051094-X.
2. ^ Huggett, Fundamentals of Geomorphology

Bibliography

• Huggett, Richard John (2007), Fundamentals of Geomorphology. Routledge, London, UK

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