If tectonic activity in a mountainous region were to increase over time, which resource might become more available in that area?

Increasing tectonic activity can bring hot fluids and magma through cracks in Earth’s crust. These processes can concentrate metals into deposits, making copper ore more available in a mountainous region. Fertile soil can form from weathered rock, but it is not the resource most directly increased by tectonic activity.

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