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... Oceans , " by. sopteris flora apparently thrived in subarctic to temper- ate conditions . Their present distribution , however , would require them to have crossed vast expanses of open ocean . Vertebrate fossils are generally too ...
... Oceans , " by. sopteris flora apparently thrived in subarctic to temper- ate conditions . Their present distribution , however , would require them to have crossed vast expanses of open ocean . Vertebrate fossils are generally too ...
Page 115
... ocean- basin evolution by sea - floor spreading ; T.F. GASKELL ( ed . ) , The Earth's Mantle ( 1967 ) , good collection of articles on the geophysics and geochemistry of the mantle . Books ( classics ) : A.L. WEGENER , Die Entstehung ...
... ocean- basin evolution by sea - floor spreading ; T.F. GASKELL ( ed . ) , The Earth's Mantle ( 1967 ) , good collection of articles on the geophysics and geochemistry of the mantle . Books ( classics ) : A.L. WEGENER , Die Entstehung ...
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... OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN BALTIC SHIELD LAURENTIAN SHIELD NORTH ATLANTIC ANGARA SHIELD OCEAN Equator GUIANAN SHIELD SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN BOUNDARY RELIABILITY Known limits Unknown limits No line indicates unknown limits . CRETACEOUS ...
... OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN BALTIC SHIELD LAURENTIAN SHIELD NORTH ATLANTIC ANGARA SHIELD OCEAN Equator GUIANAN SHIELD SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN BOUNDARY RELIABILITY Known limits Unknown limits No line indicates unknown limits . CRETACEOUS ...
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