Multiple Choice
Based on your knowledge of isostasy, would you expect thicker or thinner crust beneath the Caribbean Islands e.g., near D than the continental region of Venezuela to the south?
A) Thicker-- because the area is mostly below sea level.
B) Thinner-because the area is mostly below sea level.
C) Thicker-because the area is mostly above sea level.
D) Thinner-because the area is mostly above sea level.
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