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What is Palaeogeography?

Palaeogeography is the representation of the Earth's past surface. It provides the context within which to understand surface processes, the distribution and history of life and as a critical boundary condition for climate and ocean modelling. But, the link between the geological record revealed at outcrop or in the subsurface and the contemporary geography, is complex, and requires large datasets of geological information and a global perspective.As such it provides the context within which the past history of the Earth is set.

Maastrichtian palaeogeography (Generation I)

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