Which outcome occurs when a steep mountain slope underlying a glacial cirque thaws, exceeding its angle of repose?

💡 Explanation

Increased rotational landslide risk results because thawing exceeds the shear strength, triggering slope instability, and causing a downslope movement mechanism due to gravity; therefore, landslides occur rather than changed albedo, which depends on surface reflectivity.

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