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What was the primary result of higher sea levels during the Pliocene?
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?
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?
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?
What happened to the Eonile canyon during the Late Pliocene?
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What was the shift in the Nile's conditions during the Late Pliocene?
What was the shift in the Nile's conditions during the Late Pliocene?
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