The Gros Ventre slide in 1925 generated a secondary hazard, namely ________, whose failure was responsible for the destruction of the town of Kelly, Wyoming.
A. a landslide dam that impounded a river
B. an over-steepened slope
C. an undercut hillslope
D. a mudflow
E. a debris flow
Answer: A
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