Multiple Choice
Increased seismicity in Colorado,New Mexico,and Oklahoma has been linked to
A) a strike-slip fault.
B) a rift valley hot spot in the mid-continental region.
C) a continental plate-continental plate subduction zone.
D) injection wells associated with hydraulic fracturing.
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