Isostasy+Crustal+Thickening+(open)

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====The image above represents a mountain and the crustal root beneath that mountain. What will happen to the base of the mountain’s crustal root as elevation increases due to crustal thickening? ====

C. The base of the crustal root will not change size or position
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Question Identifier: GCI_2011_053 Designed for: //Non-Science Majors// Primary Author(s): //M. Malone// Contributing Author(s): //E.M. Geraghty Ward, J. Libarkin// Misconception's Reference: Notes: //M// //odified to focus on motion of the crustal root base//.

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