Along a chain of volcanic islands, which outcome occurs when a submerged fracture zone obstructs normal wave propagation?

💡 Explanation

Wave refraction focuses energy on headlands, accelerating erosion because of wave convergence; this is preferential erosion, rather than uniform deposition or altered drift, therefore only specific islands see the amplified effect, influenced far more than isostatic rebound.

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