Weathering
Tafoni
Soil formation
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Definitions
The pedosphere is the uppermost layer of the Earth’s crust and is compromised entirely of soil layers.
Pedogenesis is the process of pedosphere formation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_formation
Erosion