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A geomagnetic profile across the northern South Atlantic yields spreading rates for the last 70 m.y. which vary from 1.6 to 2.0 cm/year. There is evidence for three regional discontinuities in the spreading history of the South Atlantic.
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VAN ANDEL, T., MOORE, T. Magnetic Anomalies and Seafloor Spreading Rates in the Northern South Atlantic. Nature 226, 328–330 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226328a0
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