Which process leads to soil subsidence above loess deposits?

💡 Explanation

Excessive irrigation compacts the loosely packed silt grains of the loess deposits via hydrocompaction, and this process reduces the soil volume because pore-water pressure increases, therefore creating subsidence rather than uplift from mineral oxidation.

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