'plausible causes' is a correct and usable term in written English.
You can use it to describe a list or set of potential explanations for why something has happened. For example, "The researchers hypothesized a number of plausible causes for the decline in bee populations."
"If both racism and a more innocent or more complex explanation are plausible causes of an incident, it's just as wrong to insist on racism and refuse to consider the other possibility as it would be to deny the possibility of racism, " Mr. Ford writes.
That would have meant ruling out a depressing array of other plausible causes, like unusually warm water (lobsters like the New England chill, and Long Island Sound is already the southern limit of their natural range), oxygen depletion, parasites and other pollutants.
These are the plausible causes for the higher temperatures recorded during these months over both the locations.
Two plausible causes for such drops were increased stored energy advantages for γ bands and orientation pinning in some of the α regions.
"Without any other plausible causes for the change in spin rate, this is the best evidence for the YORP effect acting on an asteroid," he says.
Plausible causes for (a) include incomplete input data for PV simulation, occasional failures in metered data recording, and less than ideal conditions for PV performance in the real world.
The official report attributed the crew's "lack of alertness" as the most plausible cause of the navigational error.
But there is a much more plausible cause: Mr. Gore supports reproductive rights and choices for women, and George W. Bush does not.
In fact, a careful reading of the article suggested that local doctors had identified a plausible cause and suggested a sensible solution.
Whatever they may or may not truly be, the power they project feels enough like anger for at least one post-9/11 cultural critic to have nominated Ms. Spears as a plausible cause of violent anti-Americanism.
Hemorrhoids might be a plausible cause of FP results.
