Talk:Erosion

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Just where does erosion end and causes for erosion begin? Overgrazing and deforestation to name a few examples...are those forms of erosion or do they cause water erosion? In any case, mention of them should be made methinks. Is there perhaps a geologist out there to take pity on this poor article? :-)

Overgrazing and deforestation remove vegetation, making the soil more easily eroded. You can feel free to try to make this clearer in the article yourself, as we can't all be geologists. Lotusduck 22:47, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Data erosion

I think Erosion goes beyond just geography or soil. Burned books, lost libraries, forgotten documents, defect data-discs (hard- or compact discs for example), vandalism on wikipedia... etc. etc.

Beach erosion

This article doesn't say anything about beach erosion. Should that be added, or should it be a separate article? BlankVerse ∅ 15:06, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

All erosion should come under one heading. Beach erosion can be caused by man or in the case of Hawkes Bay NZ by the ravages of nature in the form of a caterpillar that is eating the coastal willow plants, exposing the coastline to sea erosion forces. (comment by User:Crowsgorve)

Related articles may deserve links

I noticed that there are articles on ice wedge and frost heaving, which may be relevant to this article. I don't really know anything about erosion, so I'm reluctant to add them. If someone could look at these, I'd appreciate it. (Those two articles might also want links to erosion, perhaps in the first few [ [sentences).] ] Thanks! -- Creidieki 04:57, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Acid rain

I removed the acid rain erosion section, as acid rain is no more directly erosive than ordinary rain. It does enhance chemical weathering which in turn leads to more rapid erosion. Vsmith 17:16, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Hydrologically Invisible

I have googled this phrase, seen it used, and it still makes no sense to me. Wouldn't a road in general be designed to get water off it as quickly as possible? Isn't the whole problem with roads that they have 100% surface runoff? Lotusduck 03:11, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

merger

yes by all means merge relevant washout section into erosionwith residual navigation pointer on the washout page.Anlace 04:14, 17 March 2006 (UTC) hptyhltp[t'j —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.184.49.238 (talk) 03:10, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Overuse of national parks / tourism as a cause?

Can we say something about tourism / hiking / mountain biking / other human leisure activities being a cause of soil erosion? This seems a minor-but-significant omission from an otherwise excellent article. Thanks Thruston 22:59, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

your point is valid. ive added two paragraphs under causes of erosion to address animal and human causes. these are actually effects due to overpopulation. what is more significant from an editing standpoint is that im just realizing we could use a whole sub article on "causes of erosion": its that big a topic ! regards Anlace 01:11, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Formatting

Changed the layout of this one a little because the big gap was making it difficult to read, now it is all spaced out. Hurrah!--Dexter 12 07:09, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Umm ... what big gap, seems all those spaces you added created a big gap. It looks fine to me on all resolutions as it was. Therefor removed excess lines. Vsmith 12:11, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

what are other factors of erosion??????? i need help? :(

Vandalism

Some vandal had destroyed the page with "Search item not found" so I reconstructed.--Fellow of wiki 10:30, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm doing it all!

I will address all of your concerns, I'm doing an independent study project on water pollution/quality/erosion, and my exam is to update those pages. User:Jonwilliamsl(User_talk:Jonwilliamsl|talk]]|contribs) 00:52, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Really weird Commons picture, captioned in German

Weird image

This image is in commons (and is featured in the German wikipedia) but I can't read German and don't understand the caption. It looks like it might be an interesting addition to this article. Spikebrennan 22:16, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Too Preachy

This page reads like a preachy environmental tract rather than useful information on erosion. By way of comparison, see http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002640 Don't you think chemical erosion should be mentioned considering that 70% of the amount carried by rivers is in solution? Don't you think that actual numbers should be used on average erosion amounts, such as the 4cm/k.y. for granite and 16-20cm/k.y. for non-basalt types? If increased erosion occurs due to manmade causes, I'd sure like to know how much it increases by along with some useful links.190.41.106.156 (talk) 17:37, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

National Geographic Cover Story

Our Good Earth: The future rests on the soil beneath our feet is a great article. Some information to be mined, although it's mainly general. II | (t - c) 08:57, 9 September 2008 (UTC) iLOVE Desmond — Preceding unsigned comment added by Selinamg (talk • contribs) 16:20, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Shoreline Erosion

Is shoreline erosion technically not a type of water erosion? I think these two should be merged. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomdiepstrap (talk • contribs) 04:27, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

erosion

what is erosion —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.201.224.11 (talk) 17:15, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Sub-types

No specific mention of terms like pothole erosion or plunge pool erosion. Would be useful if commonly-used terms like these could be defined. --Simon the Likable (talk) 19:05, 23 May 2009 (UTC) it can be safe —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.152.166.94 (talk) 11:56, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

JSHG

SOIL EROTION —Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.203.189.75 (talk) 10:39, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Article protected

I made a request that this article be semi-protected from vandalism by unregistered users. Protection expires March 24. If vandalism continues to be a problem, submit the article again to Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. ManfromButtonwillow (talk) 07:50, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Wind Erosion

The opening sentence for the section Wind states: "In arid climates, the main source of erosion is wind."

I'm not a geologist, but i am pretty sure this is incorrect. According to "Earth, an introduction to physical geology" (Tarbuck & Lutgens, 1999, 6th ed.) is Wind-erosion simply more visible than in less arid areas. ...running water, although infrequent, nevertheless does most of the erosional work in deserts (p333). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skin (talk • contribs) 08:12, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 65.183.2.18, 18 July 2011

Change "Erosion is the process of weathering and transport of solids" to "Erosion is the removal of solids or dissolving of rock material by water, ice, wind and waves" Ref About Geography or any dictionary of Geography. Erosion is not weathering or transport it is the wearing away of the material.

65.183.2.18 (talk) 01:44, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Not done: As I read things Weathering is the breaking down of rocks, soils and minerals, which would be the same as dissolving and removal = transport, at least to me so the sentence is correct as it currently is written. You can attempt to establish a consensus in order to have it changed though. Jnorton7558 (talk) 06:24, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

I made a quick change, as the first sentence was ungrammatical anyway. I hope it addresses your concern. I try to make clear that erosion = subtraction of material, and then go into what happens to it. Awickert (talk) 07:39, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Too biased to geology

Surely erosion is much more than just a geological phenomenom. It is the breakdown of a surface by mechanical means and can be applied to any solid material, not just rock. This article, except for a small section near the bottom, reads that only rock (i.e. the Earth) can be subject to erosion which is incorrect. kimdino (talk) 00:50, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

You are welcome to expand that section - or perhaps to create a separate article covering erosion in materials science as this one is quite obviously focused on geological erosion. There are two dablinks at the top ... room for another or make a disambig page if needed. The "figurative use" section and is quite out of place (and unsourced) and needs help or removal. Vsmith (talk) 02:34, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

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Ocean waves and gravity have caused enough erosion on the cliffs here in Pacifica, California, that the building is in danger of falling over the edge. Erosion is the process by which sediment, soil, rock and other particles, are removed from a region of the Earth's surface. Erosion is distinguished from weathering, although the two processes may occur concurrently. Photo: Mila Zinkova Archive – More featured pictures...

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