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Page 137
... southern and southwestern Europe and northwestern Africa . The disintegration of the southern supercontinent Gond- wanaland accelerated in the middle Mesozoic . This disin- tegration led to the opening of the central and the southern ...
... southern and southwestern Europe and northwestern Africa . The disintegration of the southern supercontinent Gond- wanaland accelerated in the middle Mesozoic . This disin- tegration led to the opening of the central and the southern ...
Page 184
... southern slopes are long and steep , the northern slopes steep and short . Cliffs and taluses ( great accumulations of large fallen rocks ) occupy a vast area . In the intermontane valleys , rocky inclines occur widely . Transverse ...
... southern slopes are long and steep , the northern slopes steep and short . Cliffs and taluses ( great accumulations of large fallen rocks ) occupy a vast area . In the intermontane valleys , rocky inclines occur widely . Transverse ...
Page 440
... southern land , but with such inaccuracy that they scarcely Makasarese clarify the argument . Makasarese seamen certainly fished fishermen off Arnhem Land , in the Northern Territory , from the late 18th century and may have done so for ...
... southern land , but with such inaccuracy that they scarcely Makasarese clarify the argument . Makasarese seamen certainly fished fishermen off Arnhem Land , in the Northern Territory , from the late 18th century and may have done so for ...
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