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Description: Palaeogeographic and palaeotopographic constraints within Pangaea-A showing the continental linkage between eastern Laurentia and Iberia and uplift of the Appalachian and Variscan orogens in the late Gzhelian-early Permian. Topography adapted from North American 300 MA © 2013 Colorado Plateau Geosystems Inc (https://deeptimemaps.com/). Data for the legend are from57,58,59,60,61. Abbreviations: WV: West Virginia; IM: Iberian Massif; Aq: Aquitaine; AM: Armorican Massif; MC: French Central Massif; RH: Rheno-Hercynian terrane; ST: Saxo-Thuringian terrane; BM: Bohemian Massif; Sd: Sardinia (Italian island); Co: Corsica (French Mediterranean island); NI: Variscan basement of northern Italy.
Author: Pedro Correia & J. Brendan Murphy
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