Increased seismicity in Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma has been linked to

A) a continental plate-continental plate subduction zone.
B) a rift valley hot spot in the mid-continental region.
C) a strike-slip fault.
D) injection wells associated with hydraulic fracturing.


D

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