How can areas with high potential for slope failure be identified? What will be an ideal response?
For a hazard assessment study, former landslides as well as potential sites of mass movement must be
identified. Scarps, open fissures, displaced or tilted objects, a hummocky surface, and sudden changes
in vegetation are some of the features that are indicated these areas. It may be difficult to see these
features due to weathering, erosion, and vegetation though.
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a. The U.S. Congress supported it and diligently crafted laws to ensure its success. b. U.S. citizens insisted that the laws be passed. c. The country is affluent enough to afford the controls and improvements it required. d. All of these answers are correct. e. Only U.S. citizens insisted that the laws be passed and the country is affluent enough to afford the controls and improvements it required are correct.
A bat’s wing and a bird’s wing are examples of analogous organs. Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The Great Sumatran of 2004 triggered aftershocks as far away as Alaska. Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The most useful method for dating the oldest events on Earth is ____
A)tree ring records B)radiometric dating of rocks and fossils C)oxygen isotope ratios from ice cores D)plankton and isotopes in ocean sediments E)glacial evidence