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... North America formed at this time . Late Paleozoic geosynclines and shelves . In North America , after the Devonian , the eugeosynclinal part of the Appalachian Geosyncline ended . The north part of the geosyncline divided into three ...
... North America formed at this time . Late Paleozoic geosynclines and shelves . In North America , after the Devonian , the eugeosynclinal part of the Appalachian Geosyncline ended . The north part of the geosyncline divided into three ...
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... North America , for example , Cretaceous and younger formations rest on a smoothly bevelled platform of folded and metamorphosed Paleozoic formations . Triassic stratigraphy and paleogeography . Geosyn- clines generally were more ...
... North America , for example , Cretaceous and younger formations rest on a smoothly bevelled platform of folded and metamorphosed Paleozoic formations . Triassic stratigraphy and paleogeography . Geosyn- clines generally were more ...
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... North America small deep basins formed during the Cenozoic ( e.g. , the Los Angeles and Ventura basins ) and became filled with sediments several miles thick . During the Cenozoic , the Mesozoic granite batholith of the Sierra Nevada ...
... North America small deep basins formed during the Cenozoic ( e.g. , the Los Angeles and Ventura basins ) and became filled with sediments several miles thick . During the Cenozoic , the Mesozoic granite batholith of the Sierra Nevada ...
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