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Science 11 November 1983:
Vol. 222. no. 4624, pp. 571 - 581
DOI: 10.1126/science.222.4624.571
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A Paleozoic Pangaea

A. J. Boucot 1 and Jane Gray 2

1 Department of Geology, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331
2 Department of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene 97403.

Paleozoic paleogeographies should be consistent with all available, reliable data. However, comparison of three different Devonian paleogeographies that are based largely or wholly on the data of remanent magnetism show them to be inconsistent in many regards. When these three paleogeographies are provided with possible ocean surface current circulation patterns, and have added to them lithofacies and biogeographic data, they also are shown to be inconsistent with such data. A pangaeic reconstruction positioned in the Southern Hemisphere permits the lithofacies and biogeographical data to be reconciled in a plausible manner.


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