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Palaeomagnetic results from Malaya show that the Malay Peninsula lay at 15° N during the late Palaeozoic, a result incompatible with the hypothesis that it once formed a part of Gondwanaland adjacent to India or Australia. Cretaceous results suggest the Peninsula was not at that time finally welded to the Asian mainland.
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McElhinny, M., Haile, N. & Crawford, A. Palaeomagnetic evidence shows Malay Peninsula was not a part of Gondwanaland. Nature 252, 641–645 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/252641a0
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