Sentences with phrase «latest erosion rates»

Are setback standards based on the latest erosion rates?

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The scientists made a startling discovery: rates of hillslope erosion before European settlement were about an inch every 2500 years, while during the period of peak land disturbance in the late 1800s and early 1900s, rates spiked to an inch every 25 years.
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