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Radley's theory of peat erosion

Radley's peat erosion diagram

Radley challenged Bower's conclusions.

He argued the importance of wind erosion on summits and 'patches' of erosion as shown on the right of the diagram

Be aware that the early work by Bower and Radley inferred processes of peat erosion by observing the form (i.e. shape and position etc.) of the peat landscape, and not by studying the direct processes that created them.

Recent work in the last 2-3 years has demonstrated that peat erosion in the Dark Peak is the result of both processes.

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