Offshore aquaculture within a fjord accelerates which geological process?

💡 Explanation

Eutrophication from aquaculture increases organic matter deposited on the fjord floor, leading to increased microbial respiration and oxygen consumption, creating anoxic conditions that stimulate sediment *upwelling*; therefore choice A, rather than reduced sedimentation because processes facilitate gas release.

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