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Structural Features of the Earth1

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A RGAND'S distinguished services in unravelling the structure and history of the Pennine Alps, and of the Alps in general, ensure a respectful hearing for his present wider venture. Wide it undoubtedly is, for its seemingly ample title, “La tectonique de l'Asie,” in no way contains it. Asia furnishes the text, the subject is Suess's own, the face of the earth.

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BAILEY, E. Structural Features of the Earth1. Nature 117, 863–864 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117863a0

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