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Funnell and Smith must be congratulated for their excellent geometric reconstruction of the opening of the Atlantic, which has led them to conclude that the Caribbean is a result of extension and shear in a transverse zone separating plates rotated about different axes.
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BALL, M., HARRISON, C. & SUPKO, P. Atlantic Opening and the Origin of the Caribbean. Nature 223, 167–168 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/223167a0
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