The Supercontinent Cycle

1988/07/01 by R. Damian Nance, Thomas R. Worsley, Judith B. Moody · 7 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Biology #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Paleontology #Supercontinent

paper · doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0788-72

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