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The following statement provides the best possible explanation as to why many high mountain ranges are found at some distance from plate boundaries, such as the Rocky Mountains of the western United States and Canada that are found some distance away from the San Andreas fault.


A) Uplift is related to stress transmitted from distant collision zones
B) Yet to be discovered plate boundaries actually exist under these mountain ranges
C) Mantle plumes from deep beneath the surface push landmasses upward
D) None of the above. Mountains do not form away from plate boundaries.

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