All of the Following Hypotheses Have Been Proposed to Explain

question 23

Multiple Choice

All of the following hypotheses have been proposed to explain intraplate earthquakes EXCEPT:

• A) plate motion stresses the weakened and faulted crust at some intraplate sites.
• B) mid- continent sediment deposition weighs down the crust, producing pressure that reactivates its faults.
• C) substantial quantities of meltwater from the most geologically recent ice age has infiltrated and saturated networks of subsurface fractures.
• D) long- term erosion has removed vast quantities of surface materials, allowing the buoyant crust to rise and generate stress on old faults.

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