When the tohoku earthquake occurred, as much as 30 meters of the pacific plate was subducted westward under the okhotsk plate, upon which sits the island nation of japan. the crust of the okhotsk plate directly west of the plate boundary bulged upward. in light of this, what is a possible explanation for the uplift indicated in red just west of the plate boundary?

16. which of the following accurately describes a step within transcription? a. dna polymerase uses one strand of rna as a template to put together nucleotides. b. the dna strand is used as a template for which a complementary rna strand can be produced. c. the rna strand forms a template by which dna can be built. d. the rna strand is produced within the cytoplasm.