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← HistoryWhich risk increased for a completed ziggurat if its clay brick construction lacked sufficient baking?
A)Accelerated aeolian erosion of surfaces✓
B)Increased alkali-silica reaction expansion
C)Reduced liquefaction during seismic events
D)Minimized thermal expansion fracturing cycles
💡 Explanation
Insufficiently baked bricks promoted faster erosion via salt weathering because weak clay destabilized via haloclasty, therefore the structure deteriorated at a dramatic pace, rather than benefiting from the brick’s inherent resilience.
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