 While acknowledging its shortcomings, modern geomorphologists Andrew Goudie and Karna Lidmar-Bergström have praised it for its elegance and pedagogical value respectively.Geomorphically relevant processes generally fall into
(1) the production of regolith by weathering and erosion,
(2) the transport of that material, and
(3) its eventual deposition.Primary surface processes responsible for most topographic features include wind, waves, chemical dissolution, mass wasting, groundwater movement, surface water flow, glacial action, tectonism, and volcanism.