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Palæomagnetism of Certain Rocks from Newfoundland

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DURING the course of a visit to Newfoundland in the summer of 1957, orientated rock samples were collected by members of the Durham University Exploration Society. Pre-Cambrian rocks near St. Johns and the Mississippian Codroy rocks north of Robinson's River were sampled.

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NAIRN, A., FROST, D. & LIGHT, B. Palæomagnetism of Certain Rocks from Newfoundland. Nature 183, 596–597 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183596a0

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