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Orogeny, a Cause of World-wide Regression of the Seas

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IT has often been suggested that orogenic episodes and epochs of folding coincide with world-wide regressions, and I wish to put forward a simple explanation of why this should be so.

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GRASTY, R. Orogeny, a Cause of World-wide Regression of the Seas. Nature 216, 779–780 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216779a0

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