The land that Venice is built on has been subsiding for millions of years.What happened in the mid-1900s to increase the subsidence rate?
A) increased slippage along a dip-slip fault
B) increased use of heavier building materials
C) archeological excavations undermined the city
D) pumping of groundwater form under the city
E) draining of wetlands around the city
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