External Processes That Increase the Odds of a Slope Failure

question 58

Multiple Choice

External processes that increase the odds of a slope failure include __________________.

• A) adding mass high on a slope,as in sediment deposition
• B) steepening the slope,as by fault movements
• C) removing support from low on a slope,as by stream or ocean-wave erosion
• D) all of these are correct

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