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Record 1 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

a broad protuberance of the surface of the lithosphere coinciding approximately with a continent but including also the continental shelf.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
CONT

P.M.S. Blackett, S.K. Runcorn et K.M. Creer se sont attachés à reconstituer les blocs continentaux [...] La dérive des continents, par R. Cubaynes et J.-P. Petit, L'information scientifique, n° 4, 09/10-72, p. 182)

Spanish

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