Glaciers that once covered the Hudson Bay area melted 8,000 years ago.As a result of this,the bay is gradually rising.In another 10 000 years or so,it will have risen above sea level and become dry.This process can best be considered an example of
A)catastrophism.
B)isostasy.
C)accretion.
D)orogenesis.
E)subduction.

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The gradual rising of the Hudson Bay area due to the melting of glaciers is a result of isostasy, which is the process by which the Earth's crust adjusts to changes in mass distribution. As the glaciers melted, the weight on the land was reduced, and the land began to rise slowly. This process will continue until the land rises above sea level, and the bay becomes dry, which is estimated to occur in another 10,000 years.

Glaciers That Once Covered the Hudson Bay Area Melted 8,000