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Is it possible to reconstruct erosion rates for past epochs when modern rates of erosion all reflect the hand of man to a greater or lesser extent ?
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DOUGLAS, I. Man, Vegetation and the Sediment Yields of Rivers. Nature 215, 925–928 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215925a0
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