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Palaeozoic Palaeomagnetism

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Recent Soviet data support the hypothesis that the Lower Palaeozoic rock formations of the United States, Europe and Russia were severely remagnetized in the Upper Palaeozoic.

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CREER, K. Palaeozoic Palaeomagnetism. Nature 219, 246–250 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/219246a0

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