Multiple Choice
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 debris flow
B) a landslide dam that impounded a river
C) a mudflow
D) an over-steepened slope
E) an undercut hillslope
Correct Answer:
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Correct Answer:
Verified
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