Why did the debris separate into two lobes at the far end of the slide?
The question is based on Figure 38-8, a digital elevation model showing the 2014 Oso, Washington, landslide along the North Fork Stillaguamish River, and color Map T-26b in the back of the Lab Manual, showing a portion of the “Mount Higgins, Washington” quadrangle (scale 1:24,000; contour interval 40 feet); this same topographic map is reproduced in black-and-white as Figure 38-14.
What will be an ideal response?
It reached high ground extending onto the valley floor from the opposite side.
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Which of the following is true?
a. ?Hurricanes are only given male names. b. ?Hurricanes are only given female names. c. ?Hurricanes are alternately assigned male and female names. d. ?Atlantic hurricanes are given male names and Pacific hurricanes are given female names. e. ?The naming system is totally random.
Most of the destruction of a hurricane is caused by: a. flooding
b. high winds. c. lightning. d. hail.
The San Andreas system in California is an example of a
A) strike-slip fault. B) transform fault. C) thrust fault. D) both a strike-slip and transform fault.