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Tectonic chart of Gondwanaland, according to Argand


1 = predominantly sima; 2 = areas where anticlinal sial folding preponderates; I, II, III = the three branches of the inner virgation of the Gondwanaland block; 3 = ridges of sial fold; 4 = trough lines of sial fold; 5 = joint lines; a, b, c = African, Arabian and Indian foothills of Gondwanaland. (Caption from Wegener, 1029.) [Note: Virgation means branching from a center. Sial is continental crust; sima, oceanic crust.]

Gondwanaland (GIF 92K)


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