The great salt lake in utah has a saline content that can be up to ten times greater than the ocean. it is fed by three freshwater tributaries. what causes it to have such a high concentration of salt?
a) salt water from the pacific ocean flows back into the lake, where it becomes more concentrated.
b) the ground underlying the great salt lake is composed mostly of salt, which is leached into the lake.
c) the tributaries carry small amounts of salt into the lake that becomes concentrated when water evaporates.
d) plants that refine salt on the shores of the lake deposit waste that causes it to have a high salt concentration.