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Sediment layers stop lateral spreading when:

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they encounter a barrier and they run out of additional sedimentary material

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Sediment layers stop lateral spreading when they encounter a barrier and they run out of additional sedimentary material. Lateral spreading is the lateral movement of gently to steeply sloping, saturated soil deposits caused by earthquake-induced liquefaction. Hope this answers the question.
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