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← GeographyWhich mechanism dominates the change in morphology as a proglacial lake fills with sediment?
A)Isostatic rebound causing accelerated uplift
B)Sediment compaction driving lake subsidence
C)Delta progradation creating infilling wedges✓
D)Thermal expansion leading to increased volume
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When sediment enters a proglacial lake, delta progradation occurs because fluvial transport deposits material at the lake margin, forming characteristic infilling wedges. Therefore delta progradation causes observable shoreline advance rather than rebound, compaction, or thermal expansion driven morphologic changes.
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