APPLICATIONS+INVESTIGATIONS IN EARTH
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Chapter 3.7A, Problem 2A
Using the South Atlantic as an example, label the beginning of the normal polarity period C that began 2 million years ago on the left sides of the Pacific and North Atlantic diagrams.
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