Comparison of Grand Canyon and Late Miocene Nile Canyon
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What was the primary result of higher sea levels during the Pliocene?

  • The creation of a long narrow marine gulf in the Nile Valley that reached as far south as Aswan (correct)
  • The complete infilling of the Eonile canyon
  • A shift from marine to brackish conditions in the Late Pliocene Nile
  • The Egyptian Red Sea Hills becoming an important source of sediment

    • What filled about one third of the depth of the Eonile canyon during the Early Pliocene?

  • Marine sediments (correct)
  • Brackish sediments
  • Freshwater sediments
  • Sediments from the Egyptian Red Sea Hills

    • What was the source of the fine-grained sediments in the Late Pliocene Nile?

  • The Nile River
  • The Eonile canyon
  • The Mediterranean Sea
  • Local wadi systems (correct)

    • What happened to the Eonile canyon during the Late Pliocene?

    <p>It was completely infilled</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the shift in the Nile's conditions during the Late Pliocene?

    <p>From marine to brackish</p> Signup and view all the answers

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