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Page 245
... Brazil and the Karroo ( or Karoo ) in South Africa . The Deccan Plateau basalts in India were formed in the rift valleys associated with the breakup of Gondwana during the Cretaceous Period ( approximately 144 to 66.4 million years ago ) ...
... Brazil and the Karroo ( or Karoo ) in South Africa . The Deccan Plateau basalts in India were formed in the rift valleys associated with the breakup of Gondwana during the Cretaceous Period ( approximately 144 to 66.4 million years ago ) ...
Page 484
... Brazil ( 1895 ) . Others were created by provincial bodies : the regional museums at Córdoba ( 1887 ) and Gualeguaychu ( 1898 ) , both in Ar- gentina , and at Ouro Prêto ( 1876 ) , Brazil ; the Hualpen Museum ( 1882 ) , Chile ; or the ...
... Brazil ( 1895 ) . Others were created by provincial bodies : the regional museums at Córdoba ( 1887 ) and Gualeguaychu ( 1898 ) , both in Ar- gentina , and at Ouro Prêto ( 1876 ) , Brazil ; the Hualpen Museum ( 1882 ) , Chile ; or the ...
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... ( Brazil ) , clearly indicating their origin . Membranophones . North Africa . Drumming tradition in the Muslim north centres on smaller , portable drums , such as frame , goblet , and small kettledrums . Frame drums are made in a number ...
... ( Brazil ) , clearly indicating their origin . Membranophones . North Africa . Drumming tradition in the Muslim north centres on smaller , portable drums , such as frame , goblet , and small kettledrums . Frame drums are made in a number ...
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