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Present Rate of Land Erosion

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A fresh look at available estimates of the rates of erosion suggests that landforms have taken longer to evolve than has been thought.

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YOUNG, A. Present Rate of Land Erosion. Nature 224, 851–852 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224851a0

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