As a geologist working in a foreign country for the first time, you are asked to assess the potential for mass wasting in a particular region
What aspects or characteristics (geologic, geographic, biologic, etc.) of the region are you interested in for your assessment? Also, how could you possibly determine if mass wasting has been active in the recent geologic past (100's or 1000's of years)?
You would be interested in the type of rock, degree of weathering, resistance to mass wasting, slope, climate, weather, microbes, plants, and trees present. You could determine whether there was a mass wasting event by looking at old maps, drilling for sediments (talus slopes) and dating the age of the face of the existing rock.
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