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THE author is to be congratulated upon a brave project, the writing of a geological history of the earth in terms of continental drift. He has unrivalled credentials, based upon a special knowledge of South Africa, combined with comparative study of that sub-continent and South America, and with extensive travel in many other lands. His introductory chapters include useful summaries of the writings of Taylor, Baker and Wegener, to mention but a few. Then follows the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic story of Gondwana and Laurasia, considered separately. The Carboniferous glaciations and Glossopteris flora of the former receive due consideration. More novel is a synthesis of the Samfrau geosyncline, named after South America, South Africa and Australia.
Our Wandering Continents:
an Hypothesis of Continental Drifting. By Dr. Alex L. du Toit. Pp. xiii + 366. (Edinburgh and London: Messrs. Oliver and Boyd, 1937.) 18s. net.
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BAILEY, E. Our Wandering Continents. Nature 143, 139 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143139b0
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