og38，求助一个以前没有讨论出结论的问题！

38. Scientists have observed large concentrations of

heavy-metal deposits in the upper twenty centimeters of Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there.

(A)  Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there

(B)  Baltic Sea sediments, where the growth of industrial activity is consistent with these findings

(C)  Baltic Sea sediments, findings consistent with its growth of industrial activity

(D)  sediments from the Baltic Sea, findings consistent with the growth of industrial activity in the area

(E)   sediments from the Baltic Sea, consistent with the growth of industrial activity there

All of the choices but D contain ambiguities. In A and B the words which and where appear to refer to sediments, and in E it is not clear what consistent describes. In A, C, and E, there is no logical place to which there or its could refer. In D, the best choice, the phrase sediments from the Baltic Sea tells where the sediments originate, findings provides a noun for consistent to modify, and in the area clearly identifies where the industrial activity is growing.

感觉E中的there很明显可以指代Baltic Sea，但是og问什么说不可以，另外，如果e选项加上finding的后对不对？

谢谢大家！

有个问题还是非常地confused:  

findings consistent with...到底是同位语,还是独立主格结构???

我个人偏向于认为是同位语,相当于findings (that are) consistent with...

OG Verbal Review上说findings refers back to
            the scientists' observations. 貌似也是在暗示这是同位语从句.现在的关键就是搞清楚同位语是否能指代一句话,之前看到的例子都是有明显指代物的. 

例:OG11-72,110,114    VerbalReview-16,77

NNs,help!

有没有NN帮忙解释一下啊，多谢了