Sentence examples for more easily eroded from inspiring English sources

Comparison of bulk sediment parameters indicated that the sediment is more easily eroded in the SM than in the MF, but softer in the latest.

A bay is usually located where more easily eroded rocks, such as clays, silts, and some sandstones, are bounded by harder and more resistant formations made from igneous rocks, such as granite, or hard calcareous rocks, such as massive limestones, which are more resistant to the erosional forces of the land and sea or lake.

The difference between the expected line and observed curve likely reflects the preservation potential of eruptions: M4 events produce smaller volume, laterally constrained deposits and thus have a smaller footprint than larger eruptions, and are more easily eroded or removed by subsequent activity.

Because these are more easily eroded than the rock layers that lie above and below them, the Colorado Plateau gradually slopes down to river level at Lee's Ferry through a series of flat benchlands.

The surface horizon is brown, granular and shallow but can also be more than 25 cm thick; it is easily eroded away.

More precisely, cockle bioturbation destabilizes the sediment surface by creating a biogenic layer that is easily eroded with tidal hydrodynamic forces.

More likely, the volcano weathered away; hot volcanic gases and steam turned hard rock into soft clay that were easily eroded by glacial action.

The easily eroded Pink Cliffs of the Claron Formation responded by forming freestanding pinnacles in badlands called hoodoos, while the more resistant White Cliffs formed monoliths.

Samoa's volcanic soils support lush vegetation but are easily eroded by runoff.

There, layers of ash have accumulated and formed these highly fertile, though easily eroded, black soils.

The soil, although fertile, is easily eroded if stripped of its vegetation cover.