Geography, 18.04.2020 02:41 bullockarwen

The Vaiont Dam area was vulnerable to mass movement because (Choose one):

A. limestone beds there dipped parallel to the mountain slope and were interlayered with weak shale.
B. underlying granite bedrock had begun to weather.
C. logging in the region had stripped the mountain tops of vegetation.
D. shale layers in that region dipped into the mountain slope, causing weakness.

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The Vaiont Dam area was vulnerable to mass movement because (Choose one):

A. limestone...