The Key Late Neogene Event That Brought About Widespread Changes

question 17

Multiple Choice

The key late Neogene event that brought about widespread changes in salinity and temperature of ocean waters-and thus the oceanic conveyor belt-was

• A) a change in the trade wind belt.
• B) the formation of the Isthmus of Panama.
• C) the development of the Greenland ice cap.
• D) the obliquity cycle of Earth's orbit around the Sun.

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