Paleomap

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title: Paleomap
text: Paleomaps are maps of continents and mountain ranges in the past based on plate reconstructions. Until the 1960s, paleomaps were not very satisfactory, since it was difficult to understand many quite distinctive features. For example, huge river deltas seemed to be associated with what must have been rather small drainage basins. With the discovery of plate tectonics, it became apparent that land masses move relative to one another over time. Ancient geologic features started to make far more se
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description: Map of continents and mountain ranges in the past based on plate reconstructions
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleomap
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date modified: 2021-07-30T15:38:26Z
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