Multiple Choice
Plutonic rocks are emplaced at depth yet they can be seen at the Earth's surface due mainly to ________.
A) catastrophic violent upheavals that bring them to the surface
B) continual ongoing intrusion after the magma solidifies
C) erosion of overlying rocks due to uplift
D) widespread igneous inversion
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