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Science 28 June 1968:
Vol. 160. no. 3835, pp. 1444 - 1446
DOI: 10.1126/science.160.3835.1444
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Erosion Rates Near Rome, Italy

Sheldon Judson 1

1 Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

Before man's intensive use of the land the rates of erosion near Rome, Italy, were approximately 2 to 3 centimeters per thousand years. With intensive occupation by man the rates have increased by an order of magnitude.


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