The underlying cause of the Rissa, Norway, landslide was ________.

A. freezing and thawing of piles of glacial boulders
B. over steepening of slopes of volcanic ash
C. too much gypsum in the soil
D. dissolution of salt in the soil
E. layering of volcanic pyroclasts


Answer: D

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