When rock heats and liquefies into magma its volume ________.
A. does not change
B. decreases due to sublimation
C. expands, and neighboring brittle rock must fracture and move out of the way
D. decreases and neighboring brittle rock collapses to make up for the loss of volume
Answer: C
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