Editing Denudation (section)

== Description==
Denudation incorporates the mechanical, biological, and chemical processes of erosion, weathering, and mass wasting. Denudation can involve the removal of both solid particles and dissolved material. These include sub-processes of cryofracture, insolation weathering, [[Slaking (geology)|slaking]], salt weathering, [[bioturbation]], and [[human impact on the environment|anthropogenic]] impacts.<ref name=":8">Smithson, P et al (2008) Fundamentals of the Physical Environment (4th ed.)</ref>

Factors affecting denudation include:

* Anthropogenic (human) activity, including agriculture, damming, mining, and deforestation;<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kemp|first1=David B.|last2=Sadler|first2=Peter M.|last3=Vanacker|first3=Veerle|date=2020-11-26|title=The human impact on North American erosion, sediment transfer, and storage in a geologic context|journal=Nature Communications|language=en|volume=11|issue=1|pages=6012|doi=10.1038/s41467-020-19744-3|pmid=33243971|pmc=7691505|bibcode=2020NatCo..11.6012K|issn=2041-1723|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* Biosphere, via animals, plants, and microorganisms contributing to chemical and physical [[weathering]];<ref>{{Cite book|vauthors=Blatt H, Middleton G, Murray R|title=Origin of sedimentary rocks 2e|year=1980|pages=245–250}}</ref>
* Climate, most directly through chemical weathering from rain, but also because climate dictates what kind of weathering occurs;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Weathering and Landforms 5.1|url=https://www.radford.edu/jtso/GeologyofVirginia/Weathering/GeologyOfVAWeathering5-1d.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-16|website=www.radford.edu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313161610/http://www.radford.edu:80/jtso/GeologyofVirginia/Weathering/GeologyOfVAWeathering5-1d.html |archive-date=2015-03-13 }}</ref>
* [[Lithology]] or the type of rock;
* Surface [[topography]] and changes to surface topography, such as mass wasting and erosion;<ref name=":2" /> and
* Tectonic activity, such as deformation, the changing of rocks due to stress mainly from tectonic forces,<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=K.|first=Lutgens, Frederick|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/958585873|title=Essentials of geology|year=2018|publisher=Pearson |isbn=978-0-13-444662-2|oclc=958585873}}</ref> and [[orogeny]], the process that forms mountains.