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A quantitative morphological fit of Australia and Antarctica which is also geologically permissible.
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SPROLL, W., DIETZ, R. Morphological Continental Drift Fit of Australia and Antarctica. Nature 222, 345–348 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222345a0
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