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Nature 216, 20-22 (7 October 1967) | doi:10.1038/216020a0; Received 12 September 1967

Wind Erosion in East Yorkshire

J. RADLEY & C. SIMMS

  1. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), The White House, Clifton, York
  2. The Yorkshire Museum, York
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The marked erosion of agricultural land in East Yorkshire by the high winds in the first dry months of 1967 is linked with the formation of deposits by two former glacial lakes. There is, however, a danger that modern farming practice will tend to induce further erosion of this sort in this part of Britain.