• 2022-05-27
    Which of the following best describes the formation of “desert pavement”?
    A: alluvial fans are eroded to form inselbergs with flat, angular rocky surfaces
    B: runoff and deflation carry off the fine particles of silt and clay, leaving coarser particles behind
    C: groundwater in an alluvial fan evaporates, leaving behind a surface layer of hard-baked mud and boulders
    D: deflation removes the coarse fragments leaving behind a layer of fine sediment (loess and mud)