(Solved): Given this representation of the phases associated with the subduction of the Gorda plate beneath t ...

Given this representation of the phases associated with the subduction of the Gorda plate beneath the North American plate along southern Oregon/northern California coast and the earthquakes along this convergent margin, choose the best statement explaining coseismic subsidence: Coseismic subsidence occurs during Phase \#1 when the two plates are locked leading to compression and drop in the level of the oceanic plate (Gorda plate). Coseismic subsidence occurs during Phase \( \# 1 \) when the two plates are moving in same direction leading to extension and drop in the level of the continental plate (North American plate). Coseismic subsidence occurs during Phase \#2 immediately after the Earthquake, when the two plates slip past each other leading to extension and drop in the level of the continental plate (North American plate). Coseismic subsidence occurs during Phase \#2 immediately after the Earthquake, when the two plates slip past each other leading to extension and drop in the level of the oceanic plate (Gorda plate).