GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: Due to the slow-moving nature of tectonic plate movement

Hi Kinjal,
My 2 cents on this.
The underlined part is ed-modifier modifying the noun "crust".
Reg. the ed-modifier rule, I totally agree to your point. IMO, (noun modifer)verb-ed modifier doesn't jump over the verb of preceding clause to modify noun at the head of sentence. But we don't have much option in the given choices.
https://e-gmat.com/blogs/?p=3509
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