Which increased risk occurs to structures founded atop loess deposits during prolonged saturation events?

💡 Explanation

Soil-creep deformation increases because loess loses inter-granular cohesion during saturation events causing increased settlement, rather than deflation-related failures in drier pavement applications, therefore the answer is creep.

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