You would expect to find quick clays in ____

a. ?the interior of a talus
b. ?old freshwater stream beds
c. ?exposed subsurface material from translational slumps
d. ?headscarps of rotational slumps
e. ?old marine beds or estuaries


ANSWER: e

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