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Gondwanan Paleogeography and Paleoclimatology

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The supercontinent Gondwana would, by its sheer size, be expected to have had a profound influence on climate. In general, the continental interior would be expected to have been dry and temperatures strongly seasonal, especially at times of low sea level. Changes in the position of the continent relative to the South Pole controlled the timing of Southern Hemisphere continental glaciation and, consequently, global sea level.

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Parrish, J.T. (1990). Gondwanan Paleogeography and Paleoclimatology. In: Taylor, T.N., Taylor, E.L. (eds) Antarctic Paleobiology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3238-4_2

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