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This system was next to the last to be defined and is the only one not based on a
type area in central or western Europe. In 1841 the Czar of Russia invited Sir
Roderick Murchison, renowned British geologist, to carry out a comprehensive ...
This system was next to the last to be defined and is the only one not based on a
type area in central or western Europe. In 1841 the Czar of Russia invited Sir
Roderick Murchison, renowned British geologist, to carry out a comprehensive ...
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It includes ancient coral reef-like formations in the Guadalupe Mountains of New
Mexico and Texas and in the subsurface of west Texas. Elsewhere, Permian reef
formations are known from Germany, the eastern Alps, the western Urals, ...
It includes ancient coral reef-like formations in the Guadalupe Mountains of New
Mexico and Texas and in the subsurface of west Texas. Elsewhere, Permian reef
formations are known from Germany, the eastern Alps, the western Urals, ...
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Distribution of the Cathaysian flora in east Asia, Sumatra, Turkey, and western
North America is scattered. 6. A widespread Carboniferous flora changed to a
provincial (restricted) Permian one. These facts are reconcilable with modified ...
Distribution of the Cathaysian flora in east Asia, Sumatra, Turkey, and western
North America is scattered. 6. A widespread Carboniferous flora changed to a
provincial (restricted) Permian one. These facts are reconcilable with modified ...
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| Title | The New Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica |
| Author | Encyclopaedia Britannica Publishers, Inc. Staff |
| Contributor | Robert M. Hutchins |
| Edition | 15, illustrated |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974 |
| ISBN | 0852292902, 9780852292907 |
| Length | 934 pages |
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