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Wegener believed that at that time separate continental blocks began floating apart in the partially liquefied sima , with both an equatorward and a westward component to their motion . He postulated that as the continents moved forward ...
Wegener believed that at that time separate continental blocks began floating apart in the partially liquefied sima , with both an equatorward and a westward component to their motion . He postulated that as the continents moved forward ...
Page 115
Continental Drift ( 1966 ) , a short review of current ideas on drift followed by evidence from the Arctic and eastern seaboard of Canada ; S.K. RUNCORN ( ed . ) , Continental Drift ( 1962 ) , includes much data on paleomagnetism and ...
Continental Drift ( 1966 ) , a short review of current ideas on drift followed by evidence from the Arctic and eastern seaboard of Canada ; S.K. RUNCORN ( ed . ) , Continental Drift ( 1962 ) , includes much data on paleomagnetism and ...
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cesses and events on terrace structure are shown in Fig- considered to be foundered continental areas , in which ure 4 . chasms opened by continental drift . But in spite of the inA special case is formed by the steep slope to the east ...
cesses and events on terrace structure are shown in Fig- considered to be foundered continental areas , in which ure 4 . chasms opened by continental drift . But in spite of the inA special case is formed by the steep slope to the east ...
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| Title | The New Encyclopędia Britannica, Volume 16 The New Encyclopędia Britannica |
| Edition | 15 |
| Publisher | Encyclopędia Britannica, Incorporated, 1981 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 19 Jan 2010 |
| ISBN | 085229378X, 9780852293782 |
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