You are mapping a new roadcut made through a wide,sloped plain.The roadcut exposes uniformly dipping sedimentary rocks.Which geologic feature listed below would indicate that creep had been occurring in the area before the roadcut was made?
A) a layer of rounded clasts in the bedrock
B) greater chemical weathering near the top of the newly exposed beds
C) a uniform tilting of the sedimentary beds toward the downslope direction of the sloped plain.
D) small ravines and ephemeral channels in the plain
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