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THE most commonly used predrift fit of north-western Europe against Greenland is based on a least squares fit of the Continental crustal edges which are assumed to follow the 500 fathom submarine contour1. Recent geophysical studies in the North Atlantic and the Norwegian Sea have established a number of facts bearing directly on the Palaeocene palaeogeography of these areas, and on departures of the continental crustal edge from the 500 fathom contour.
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VANN, I. A modified predrift fit of Greenland and western Europe. Nature 251, 209–211 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/251209a0
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