Geologic evidence indicates the Mediterranean Sea acquired a freshwater lid periodically in the last 100,000+ years. What caused this? Freshwater was supplied from melting glaciers in the Alps. Freshwater was supplied from increased rainfall over the Mediterranean Sea. Freshwater was supplied from Nile River outflow, during times of strong summer monsoons over low-latitude North Africa. The saltwater loss to the North Atlantic occurred when the Straits of Gibraltar periodically opened. The cause was catastrophic floods from ice-dam ruptures in the highlands of NE Africa.

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Geologic evidence indicates the Mediterranean Sea acquired a freshwater lid periodically in the last 100,000+ years. What caused this?
	Freshwater was supplied from melting glaciers in the Alps.
	Freshwater was supplied from increased rainfall over the Mediterranean Sea.
	Freshwater was supplied from Nile River outflow, during times of strong summer monsoons over low-latitude North Africa.
	The saltwater loss to the North Atlantic occurred when the Straits of Gibraltar periodically opened.
	The cause was catastrophic floods from ice-dam ruptures in the highlands of NE Africa.