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Further Data on the Corsica–Sardinia Rotation

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THE suggestion that the Corsica–Sardinia microplate rotated counter-clockwise with respect to France and Italy seems to be widely accepted today1,2, but the dating of the rotation is still not satisfactorily settled. Alvarez3, reviewing all data on hand, proposed an age of 11.5 m.y. for the start of the motion, and 6 m.y. as the time when the motion ended.

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  1. Laboratorio per Ricerche Radiometriche applicate alla Geocronologia e alla Paleoecologia, Pisa

    FILIPPO RADICATI DI BROZOLO

  2. Centra di Minerogenesi, Petrogenesi e Tettogenesi dell' Appennino Settentrionale, Istituto di Geologia dell' Università, Pisa

    GAETANO GIGLIA

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BROZOLO, F., GIGLIA, G. Further Data on the Corsica–Sardinia Rotation. Nature 241, 389–391 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/241389a0

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