Which process causes the formation of alluvial terraces along a river valley after uplift?

💡 Explanation

When uplift occurs along a river valley, increased potential energy results in accelerated river incision because the river downcuts into the bedrock, eroding the existing floodplain and creating new, lower floodplains as terraces. Therefore, erosion due to increased incision forms alluvial terraces, rather than glacial rebound, deposition, or faulting which result from independent mechanisms.

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