Much of the Gulf of Mexico is underlain by thick layers of salt that formed in a small ocean basin like the Red Sea, which formed from sea floor spreading. This salt is a good example of ______ .

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The salt layers in the Gulf of Mexico are not formed from the accumulation of terrigenous or biogenous sediment, but rather from the precipitation of minerals from the evaporation of seawater, which is a characteristic of hydrogenous sediment.

Much of the Gulf of Mexico Is Underlain by Thick