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SEVERAL measurements of rates of soil creep have been made (for example, refs. 1–4), and the longest continuous period for which movements have been reported is 4 yr (ref. 2). Movements have generally only been detected in the 0.5 m layer just beneath the ground surface, though deeper displacements are recorded4. Two observations which seem to give a measure of the total soil creep over a period of 10,000 yr and to a depth of 1.5 m below ground level are of considerable interest.
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CHANDLER, R., POOK, M. Creep Movements in Low Gradient Clay Slopes since the Late Glacial. Nature 229, 399–400 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/229399a0
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