Sentences with phrase «term erosion rates»

To determine how much carbon is released by erosion, the researchers combined their soil organic carbon calculations with long - term erosion rates (the region loses a mean of 0.7 meters of coastline per year).

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Downward pressure would be exerted on the rating if (1) there is a significant deterioration in the government's balance sheet (2) a substantial erosion of official financial buffers that undermines confidence in the country's external stability; (3) the manifestation of significant political and / or social tensions that could hinder the country's medium - term growth prospects beyond Moody's current expectations.

Researchers said rivers can cut through bedrock and this process is thought to be the major factor in controlling mountain erosion, however, the long - term preservation of some mountains is at odds with some of the underlying assumptions regarding river erosion rates in current models of river - based landscape evolution.

There are only a couple of studies documenting long - term trends in coastal erosion rates in this chunk of Arctic.