Limestone Reefs and Salt Deposits Are Important in the Reconstruction

question 30

Multiple Choice

Limestone reefs and salt deposits are important in the reconstruction of the Earth's history because they

• A) can be used to infer the ancient climate of the Earth; they are deposited in environments that are restricted to warm climates.
• B) automatically provide age information; all such deposits occurred between 200 and
• 400 million years ago.
• C) are deposited in warm climates today,but there is good reason to think that they were deposited in cold climates millions of years ago.
• D) pinpoint the locations of old subduction zones.

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