Much of the Gulf of Mexico is underlain by large thicknesses of salt that formed in a small ocean basin like the red sea, as the north Atlantic spreading began in Mesozoic time. This salt is a good example of ________

A) hydrogenous sediment B) biogenous sediment
C) terrigenous sediment D) both terrigenous and biogenous sediment


A

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