We know that the part of California on the Pacific Plate will not break off in a giant earthquake and sink into the Pacific Ocean because ________.

A. the San Andreas Fault is a thrust Fault, not a normal Fault
B. convective forces
C. of isostasy
D. oceanic circulation
E. the Pacific Plate is being subducted beneath California instead


Answer: C

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