Submarine landslides are prevalent in deltas such as North Americas Mississippi and Fraser deltas. When the sediment slides across a pipe it can cause significant movement, so that this type of force can actually break it.
- compressive
- bending
- sideways
- tensile
Answer
The correct answer is D) tensile.
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