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n. - The study of the description, distribution, and interaction of the diverse physical, biological, and cultural features of the earth's surface of ancient times or ancient epochs.

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  • Neogene marine transgressions, palaeogeography and biogeographic transitions on the Thai-Malay Peninsula.
  • There is some speculation regarding the palaeogeography of the Zambezi basin, but general consensus is that the Zambezi delta is relatively new and that there has...
  • Wadi Al-Hitan with its excellent preservation and abundance of coastal to marine fossil record and sedimentary facies provides an outstanding window on Eocene life evolution...
  • I don't think that you can reasonably expect the average American to be familiar with details of palaeogeography (over on talk. origins one person knew that South...
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