  We study the process dependent nuclear $k_\perp$ broadening effect by
employing the transverse momentum dependent(TMD) factorization approach in
combination with the Mclerran-Venugopalan(MV) model. More specifically, we
investigate how the parton transverse momentum distributions are affected by
the process dependent gauge links in cold nuclear matter. In particular, our
analysis also applies to the polarized cases including the nuclear quark
Boer-Mulders function and the linearly polarized gluon distribution. Our main
focus is on the nuclear TMDs at intermediate or large x.
