His studues of ice-polished rocks in his Alpine homeland,far outside the range of present-day glaciers, led Louis Agassiz in 1837 to propose the concept of an age "in which great ice sheets had existed in now currently temperate areas." A.in which great ice sheets had existed in now currently temperate areas B.in which great ice sheets existed in what are now temperate areas
答案是B,谁能帮我分析一下B里面 in what 的用法吗?what指代什么?in what表示什么?地点吗?
我的理解是: His studies of ..., led LA in 1837 to propose a concept of an age in which... 定语从句如果按照正常语序是: in an age (of ...) , great ice sheets existed in the areas that are now temperate areas 所以,定语从句中第一个in which 是in the age; 第二个in what, 是in the area that