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The Palæozoic Mountain Systems of Europe and America1

Nature volume 122, pages 811–814 (1928)Cite this article

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TWO factors are involved in the geological classification of folded mountains, namely, date and position. One-half of the surface of Europe has escaped mountain deformation since the dawn of the Cambrian. This area, which we may call Baltica, has its base on the Urals and its apex in South Wales.

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BAILEY, E. The Palæozoic Mountain Systems of Europe and America1. Nature 122, 811–814 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122811a0

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