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The discovery of a magnetic bight in the Agulhas Basin places unique constraints on the relative motion between South America, Antarctica and Africa in the late Cretaceous.
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Bergh, H., Barrett, D. Agulhas Basin magnetic bight. Nature 287, 591–595 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/287591a0
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