Compare the ages of oceanic crust in the northern Atlantic Ocean off the Carolinas in North America and off the western Sahara in northwestern Africa with the ages of crust in the southern Atlantic Ocean off Uruguay in South America and off Namibia in southwestern Africa. How do the two sets of ages compare? What can their ages tell us about the history of the Atlantic Ocean basin and the breakup of Pangaea?
Compare the ages of oceanic crust in the northern Atlantic Ocean off the Carolinas in North America and off the western Sahara in northwestern Africa with the ages of crust in the southern Atlantic Ocean off Uruguay in South America and off Namibia in southwestern Africa. How do the two sets of ages compare? What can their ages tell us about the history of the Atlantic Ocean basin and the breakup of Pangaea?
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Compare the ages of oceanic crust in the northern Atlantic Ocean off the Carolinas in
North America and off the western Sahara in northwestern Africa with the ages of crust
in the southern Atlantic Ocean off Uruguay in South America and off Namibia in
southwestern Africa. How do the two sets of ages compare? What can their ages tell us
about the history of the Atlantic Ocean basin and the breakup of Pangaea?
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