Which outcome occurs when vegetation cover declines, impacting exposed shale bedrock?

💡 Explanation

Declining vegetation exposes soil which reduces carbon inputs and therefore the Accumulation of Soil Organic Matter decreases via reduced bioturbation, rather than faster rock formation, or altered weathering of stable rock structures.

• Which mechanism causes coastal uplift following a megathrust earthquake at a subduction zone?
• Which effect directly results when the Coriolis force deflects trade winds in the Northern Hemisphere?
• Which mechanism causes uplift and terrace formation parallel to a coastline along a strike-slip fault?
• Which outcome occurs when increased sediment transport rates overwhelm stabilization efforts?
• Which landform results from avulsions of meandering alluvial rivers?
• Which mechanism causes buoyant magma to ascend during intraplate volcanism?