Locked sections of the San Andreas fault that periodically generate earthquakes can be explained by:
a. the elastic rebound theory
b. the dilatency model
c. the theory of isostasy
c. the sea-floor spreading theory
a
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A) near an ocean. B) at high latitudes. C) very humid. D) at the equator. E) at low altitudes.
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A. ultramafics B. oceanic crust C. diorite D. basalt E. rhyolite
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