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← GeographyWhich consequence results when tephra deposition buries forests?
A)Enhanced geothermal gradient development
B)Fossil fuel seam formation✓
C)Increased rates of nutrient cycling
D)Biomass carbon sequestration increase
💡 Explanation
Peat formation increases vastly, because anaerobic conditions and compression are induced by tephra burial; this process causes the chemical transformation of plant matter into peat then lignite forming fuel seams, rather than immediate decomposition or carbon sequestration.
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