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Permian climatic conditions ern North America formed at this time . were
therefore somewhat like those of the Devonian . Late Paleozoic geosynclines
and shelves . In North Paleozoic life . One of the most remarkable events of
America , after ...
Permian climatic conditions ern North America formed at this time . were
therefore somewhat like those of the Devonian . Late Paleozoic geosynclines
and shelves . In North Paleozoic life . One of the most remarkable events of
America , after ...
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Along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America , for example , Cretaceous
and younger formations rest on a smoothly bevelled platform of folded and
metamorphosed Paleozoic formations . Triassic stratigraphy and
paleogeography .
Along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America , for example , Cretaceous
and younger formations rest on a smoothly bevelled platform of folded and
metamorphosed Paleozoic formations . Triassic stratigraphy and
paleogeography .
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Along the Pacific Coast of 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 ...
Along the Pacific Coast of 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 ...
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