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Geomagnetic and Palæomagnetic Evidence of Fossil Axes of Rotation of the Earth

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CREER, K. Geomagnetic and Palæomagnetic Evidence of Fossil Axes of Rotation of the Earth. Nature 197, 122–126 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197122a0

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