The Study of Plate Boundaries and the Frequency of Past

question 4

Multiple Choice

The study of plate boundaries and the frequency of past earthquakes in order to forecast earthquakes is known as

• A)dilatancy.
• B)paleoseismology.
• C)paleontology.
• D)geodesy.
• E)moment magnitude.

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