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Which risk increases where intense tropical weathering causes increased laterization?

A)Phosphate nutrient depletion accelerates rapidly
B)Silicate mineral formation rates decline rapidly
C)Regolith thickness reduces more rapidly
D)Volcanic outgassing rates become amplified

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Intense tropical weathering promotes laterization, a leaching process that removes silica, bases, and other nutrients, therefore phosphate nutrient depletion accelerates because it precipitates as insoluble iron and aluminum phosphates rather than remaining bioavailable as it would in temperate soils.

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