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volcanism and plate tectonics Early and Late Permian landmass distribution Pangea: Early Triassic Period Figure 30: Paleogeographic map of the continents during the Late Carboniferous and Early Permian periods showing the inferred distribution of continental ice sheets.
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volcanism and plate tectonics
Early and Late Permian landmass distribution
Pangea: Early Triassic Period
Figure 30: Paleogeographic map of the continents during the Late Carboniferous and Early Permian periods showing the inferred distribution of continental ice sheets.
Watch Earth's continents move, from 650 million years ago to 250 million years in the future
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Charles Schuchert
American paleontologist