The silt that comprises the loess deposits of North America's central plains was ____.
A) blown from the Great Basin region
B) carried by glaciers from northern Canada
C) generated by continental ice sheets that ground bedrock into silt
D) weathered to silt-sized particles while being transported by wind
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