A landslide warning system, developed in California, utilizes all of the following except
A. characteristics of slopes, such as angles and soil types.
B. the past history of sliding in an area.
C. quantitative relationships between storm intensity and duration and resultant sliding.
D. laboratory studies of response of slopes to earthquakes.
Answer: D
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