You Are Mapping a New Roadcut Made Through a Wide,sloped

question 53

Multiple Choice

You are mapping a new roadcut made through a wide,sloped plain.The roadcut exposes uniformly dipping sedimentary rocks.Which geologic feature listed below would indicate that creep had been occurring in the area before the roadcut was made?

• A) a layer of rounded clasts in the bedrock
• B) greater chemical weathering near the top of the newly exposed beds
• C) a uniform tilting of the sedimentary beds toward the downslope direction of the sloped plain.
• D) small ravines and ephemeral channels in the plain

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