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ROCKALL BANK is the shallowest of the banks that form the extensive relatively shallow Rockall Plateau. The plateau has a continental structure and is believed to be a microcontinent isolated during the polyphase spreading history of the North Atlantic Ocean1–3.
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ROBERTS, D., ARDUS, D. & DEARNLEY, R. Precambrian Rocks drilled on the Rockall Bank. Nature Physical Science 244, 21–23 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci244021a0
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