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Copyright 1999-2005, Dino Bellugi, Rafael Real De Asua, BlueG SoftWear, and The Regents of the
University of California (Regents). All Rights Reserved. Developed by Dino Bellugi (BlueG SoftWear), 
Rafael Real De Asua (Stillwater Sciences) in collaboration with William E. Dietrich and the U.C.B. 
Geomorphology Group. Published June 28th, 1999, Berkeley, California. Permission to use, copy, modify, 
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