Panbiogeography: The New WorldLéon Croizat, 1958 - Biogeography |
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... alpine chains the history of which parallels the Andes ( when not all mountains ) 1 . Accordingly , the peaks of the Andes , Alps , Caucasus , Himalayas , etc. , grew to act upon life already on the spot , under its roots and inbetween ...
... alpine chains the history of which parallels the Andes ( when not all mountains ) 1 . Accordingly , the peaks of the Andes , Alps , Caucasus , Himalayas , etc. , grew to act upon life already on the spot , under its roots and inbetween ...
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... alpine core of Guatemala ( " Nuclear Central America " of the geologist ) . Here the channel in question breaks off from mobile zones of the Alpine Revolution , and spanning the Greater Antilles , enters the orogenies of the Ozarks and ...
... alpine core of Guatemala ( " Nuclear Central America " of the geologist ) . Here the channel in question breaks off from mobile zones of the Alpine Revolution , and spanning the Greater Antilles , enters the orogenies of the Ozarks and ...
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... Alpine ( Caenozoic ) . The Hercynian era climaxed about 175 million years ago , the Alpine about Oligocene times ( some 40 million years ago ) . The former era sealed the Palaeozoic out , the latter the Meso- zoic , which is to say that ...
... Alpine ( Caenozoic ) . The Hercynian era climaxed about 175 million years ago , the Alpine about Oligocene times ( some 40 million years ago ) . The former era sealed the Palaeozoic out , the latter the Meso- zoic , which is to say that ...
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