Multiple Choice
Imagine you are a geologist looking at a rock column. Which line of evidence would most strongly indicate that these rocks formed in a desert?
A) The presence of a dinosaur fossil
B) Cross-bedded silt and clay
C) Cross-bedded sand
D) A rusty orange color
E) Poorly sorted deposits of gravel, sand, silt and clay
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