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dipsydoodle

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3. As far as I'm aware

Reply to Duppers (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 11:26 AM

Aug 2012

Rock formations in Scotland, north of the Great Glen rift valley, match same found in Novia Scotia. Not sure where they got the Appalachians from.

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Palm trees 'grew on Antarctica' [View all] dipsydoodle Aug 2012 OP

Continental Drift Duppers Aug 2012 #1

Now we call it Plate Tectonics Viva_La_Revolution Aug 2012 #2

indeedy, it is. Duppers Aug 2012 #4

As far as I'm aware dipsydoodle Aug 2012 #3

yep. we used to be attached to northern Africa Viva_La_Revolution Aug 2012 #6

Looks like Antarctica hasn't moved much in the last 50 million years... FiveGoodMen Aug 2012 #5

38 mil years ago glaciers started to form Viva_La_Revolution Aug 2012 #7

Yup. FiveGoodMen Aug 2012 #8

depends how you look at it Johonny Aug 2012 #11

Okay, if you mean it that way. FiveGoodMen Aug 2012 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author DireStrike Aug 2012 #9

Plates haven't drifted much since then. caseymoz Aug 2012 #10

It was also a dinosaur habitat.......... kooljerk666 Aug 2012 #13

More on Palm trees & ancient climates.... kooljerk666 Aug 2012 #14

Precession effects or imprecise continental drift backdating ? jakeXT Aug 2012 #15

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