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← GeographyWhich consequence results when intense freeze-thaw cycles affect loess deposits?
A)Increased soil particle consolidation occurs
B)Solifluction and slope instability increase✓
C)Cementation of loess is accelerated
D)Reduced infiltration lowers plant support
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Increased solifluction occurs because frost-thaw action reduces cohesion in loess soils via heaving. This destabilization allows mass wasting. Therefore, failures increase gradually in colder areas rather than consolidation under increasing overburden.
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