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Cabot Fault, An Appalachian Equivalent of the San Andreas and Great Glen Faults and some Implications for Continental Displacement

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WILSON, T. Cabot Fault, An Appalachian Equivalent of the San Andreas and Great Glen Faults and some Implications for Continental Displacement. Nature 195, 135–138 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/195135a0

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