What can be said about a mountain range that is being uplifted at 2 cm/yr but is not growing any taller?
A)The crustal root is thinning at the same rate as the uplift.
B)The crustal root is thickening faster than the uplift.
C)The rate of erosion is the same as the rate of uplift.
D)The rate of erosion is higher than the rate of uplift.

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The mountain range is not growing taller because the rate of erosion is equal to the rate of uplift, balancing each other out.

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