• • • • You have a choice between two construction sites on a natural slope, both underlain by a weak shale. At one site, the beds dip into the hill (fig. a); at the other, the beds dip parallel to the slope (fig. b). if you were unable to modify the slope an any way, which site would you prefer and why.

        

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(a) Typical bedding orientation (b) Typical bedding orientation