River avulsions increase dramatically when floodplain sedimentation is dominated primarily by which mechanism?

💡 Explanation

Differential compaction causes rapid elevation changes because finer materials compress drastically in alluvial plains. Channels rapidly relocate down steeper compaction gradients, therefore flooding and avulsion is more probable with unconsolidated floodplain alluvium, rather than other flow decreases alone.

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