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THE ORIGIN OF CONTINENTS AND OCEANS
amount of the material facts. The results also appear to justify his method. For the purpose he made use of the papers or maps of Arldt, Burckhardt, Diener,
| Australia–Africa (Deccan, Madagascar). |
Africa–South America. |
India–Madagascar. | Europe–North America. |
Tierra del Fuego– West Antarctica. |
Australia–East Antarctica. |
North America– South America. |
Alaska–Siberia. | ||||||||||||||
| + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | ||||||
| Lower |  |
Cambrian |  |
2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Upper |  |
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3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Lower | |
Silurian | |
5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Upper | |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Lower |  |
Devonian |  |
5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| Middle |  |
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5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Upper |  |
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2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Lower | |
Carboniferous | |
5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||
| Middle | |
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5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| Upper | |
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6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Lower | |
Permian | |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Middle | |
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1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Upper | |
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2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Lower | |
Trias | |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| Middle | |
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4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Upper | |
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5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | |||||||
| Rhætic | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Lias | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Inferior | |
Oolite | |
1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Great | |
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3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Upper | Jurassic | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Wealden |
Lower | |
Cretaceous | |
6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |||||
| WealdenAlbian |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Middle |  |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| Upper | |
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7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||
| Lower | |
Eocene | |
6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Upper | |
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6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| Oligocene | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Miocene | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||
| Pliocene | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Quaternary | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
