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Arrangement of the Continents during the Palaeozoic Era

An Erratum to this article was published on 31 August 1968

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Reconstruction of the arrangement of the continents during the Palaeozoic period deduced from palaeomagnetic data is virtually identical to the traditional geologically based reconstruction.

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CREER, K. Arrangement of the Continents during the Palaeozoic Era. Nature 219, 41–44 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/219041a0

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