Abstract
Marine species are liable to dispersion by ocean currents and thus areal gradients of the degree of speciation depend on Coriolis parameters. If Coriolis parameters for past epochs are calculated from these “speciation gradients” some controversial results emerge.
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FELL, H. Resolution of Coriolis Parameters for Former Epochs. Nature 214, 1192–1198 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2141192a0
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