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

In my opinion the modifier "formed from huge fragments of the Earth’s lithosphere and lasting 200 million years" is misplaced. Such placement (end of the clause and separated by comma) is alright for verb modifiers referring to the action (verb) of the previous clause, but such construction for noun modifiers is not ideal.

Moreover note the wrong usage of "due to" in all the options - the correct usage is "because
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