Silled Basins Are Thought to Be the Site of Deposition

question 40

Multiple Choice

Silled basins are thought to be the site of deposition of thick ____ deposits.

• A) fossil
• B) evaporite
• C) clastic
• D) metamorphic
• E) ash

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