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The Evolution of the North-East Atlantic

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Magnetic data taken over a sixteen year period have been analysed and information on the evolution of the North-East Atlantic has been deduced.

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WILLIAMS, C., MCKENZIE, D. The Evolution of the North-East Atlantic. Nature 232, 168–173 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/232168a0

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