If we examine the figure of vajont valley, note the wide U shaped profile of the upper (outer) portion of the valley as opposed to the steep V shaped profile of the lower (inner) portion of the valley.. Can you explain why this form exists? Is the form meaningful in terms of the dam? 200015001000500m200015001000500mMt. SaltaN 3° EFig. 19Mt. SaltaVaiont ValleyVaiont ValleyMt. TocMt. Toc12$ 3° WN-S geological sections before 10/9/1963 (1) andafter 10/9/1963 (2). 1) Quaternary (a); stratifiedalluvial gravels (b); 2) Scaglia Rossa Fm.; 3) Soc-chér Fm. sensu lato: Socchér Fm. sensu stricto(b), Rosso Ammonitico and Fonzaso Fms. (c); 4)Calcare del Vajont Fm.; 5) Igne Fm.; 6) SoverzeneFm.; 7) Dolomia Principale; 8) Faults and over-thrusts; 9) Failure surfaces of landslide (from SE-MENZA & GHIROTTI, 2000)

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If we examine the figure of vajont valley, note the wide U shaped profile of the upper (outer) portion of the valley as opposed to the steep V shaped profile of the lower (inner) portion of the valley.. Can you explain why this form exists? Is the form meaningful in terms of the dam?

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Mt. Salta
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Vaiont Valley
Vaiont Valley
Mt. Toc
Mt. Toc
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$ 3° W
N-S geological sections before 10/9/1963 (1) and
after 10/9/1963 (2). 1) Quaternary (a); stratified
alluvial gravels (b); 2) Scaglia Rossa Fm.; 3) Soc-
chér Fm. sensu lato: Socchér Fm. sensu stricto
(b), Rosso Ammonitico and Fonzaso Fms. (c); 4)
Calcare del Vajont Fm.; 5) Igne Fm.; 6) Soverzene
Fm.; 7) Dolomia Principale; 8) Faults and over-
thrusts; 9) Failure surfaces of landslide (from SE-
MENZA & GHIROTTI, 2000)

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