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← GeographyWhich landform immediately results from subsurface carbonate dissolution?
A)Expanding surface sinkhole✓
B)Extensive floodplain development
C)Accelerated glacial abrasion
D)Increased aeolian deflation
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Surface sinkholes directly enlarge due to subsurface dissolution, because the removal of bedrock mass destabilizes the overlying ground via calcium carbonate dissolution. This material loss creates cavities, therefore expanding sinkholes are a more immediate consequence rather than broader processes such as floodplains, glacial abrasion, or deflation.
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