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Most wind erosion is caused by _____.

saltation
abrasion
traction
plucking

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Most wind erosion is caused by abrasion. Abrasion is the mechanical scraping of a rock surface by friction between rocks and moving particles during their transport by wind, glacier, waves, gravity, etc.
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most wind erosion is caused by abrasion.
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