Accepted Answer
Areas which are underlain by loose and unconsolidated sediments will have the greatest amplitude of shaking for a given earthquake. Most of the time, the mechanisms of deposition that we have been examining so far simply lead to the gathering of enormous amounts of loose, incoherent material, which in the case of marine deposits are soaked with salt water. It will be necessary to demonstrate that loose sediments may be consolidated and made hard and firm, like the latter, if such masses are to be appropriately compared to the hard rocks that make up the earth's crust. Sediments frequently collect in masses of vast thickness when they are deposited on a sinking sea floor, and in such instances the lower portions must tend to consolidate due to the weight of the overlaying strata.To find similar questions on 'sediments'visit- https://brainly.com/question/14306913#SPJ4