Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Surtsey' has mentioned 'Erosion' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| Since then, wave erosion has caused the island to steadily diminish in size: as of 2012[update], its surface area was 1.3xc2xa0km2 (0.50xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi). | WIKI |
| However, eruptions more than kept pace with wave erosion, and by February 1964, the island had a maximum diameter of over 1,300 metres (4,300 feet). | WIKI |
| Once the eruptions had ceased, wave erosion rapidly wore the island away, and it disappeared beneath the waves on 24 October. | WIKI |
| It was named Jxc3xb3lnir, and over the following eight months it appeared and disappeared several times, as wave erosion and volcanic activity alternated in dominance. | WIKI |
| Effusive eruptions on the main island returned on 19 August 1966, with fresh lava flows giving it further resistance to erosion. | WIKI |
| Since the end of the eruption, erosion has seen the island diminish in size. | WIKI |
| Other islands in the archipelago show the effects of centuries of erosion | WIKI |
| Most of the remaining area is capped by hard lava flows, which are much more resistant to erosion. | WIKI |
| In addition, complex chemical reactions within the loose tephra within the island have gradually formed highly erosion resistant tuff material, in a process known as palagonitization. | WIKI |
| Estimates of how long Surtsey will survive are based on the rate of erosion seen up to the present day. | WIKI |
| However, the rate of erosion is likely to slow as the tougher core of the island is exposed: an assessment assuming that the rate of erosion will slow exponentially suggests that the island will survive for many centuries. | WIKI |