How does most calcium-magnesium carbonate rock form?
A) in salt lakes and evaporite basins of continental interiors
B) by diagenetic replacement of Ca by Mg in limestone
C) from volcanic hot springs in the deep sea
D) by direct precipitation from seawater but dolomite selectively dissolves so most carbonate sedimentary rocks are limestone
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