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Origin of the Pacific Basin: A Meteorite Impact Hypothesis

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HARRISON, E. Origin of the Pacific Basin: A Meteorite Impact Hypothesis. Nature 188, 1064–1067 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/1881064a0

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