degradational

adjective

deg·​ra·​da·​tion·​al

-shnəl

: produced by, showing, or relating to degradation from a more to a less complex form or stage

the weathering processes commonly are followed but not always immediately by degradational processes

—V. C. Finch & G. T. Trewartha

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