Erosion
- Natural & Formal Sciences -
Earth & Environmental Sciences Dictionary
Definition
An Earth and environmental sciences concept defining a process, measurement, or principle used to understand Earth and its systems. It applies within stated assumptions and depends on reliable observation and analysis. It does not ensure correct inference without attention to scale, uncertainty, and validation.
Erosion
Humanities & Arts Dictionary
Definition
The physical removal, transport, or redistribution of archaeological deposits, features, or artefacts by agents such as running water, wind, gravity (mass wasting) or ice, resulting in loss, truncation, or relocation of material and alteration of site morphology and context.