Which of the following statements about deltas is NOT true?
A) The term comes from the Roman word for stream.
B) Topset beds are sediments deposited in horizontal layers on top of inclined foresets.
C) Bottomset beds are sediments deposited in horizontal layers farther away from the mouth of the stream.
D) Foreset beds are coarse sediments deposited first, close to the mouth of the stream.
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