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Piemont-Liguria Ocean between the Apulian plate and the European continent (Mega Laurussia) in the Cretaceous (100 Ma). It can be seen on the northwest margin of the globe.
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Le Breton, Eline; Brune, Sascha; Ustaszewski, Kamil; Zahirovic, Sabin; Seton, Maria; MĂĽller, R. Dietmar (2021-04-21).
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527:blueschist
495:ophiolites
440:Cretaceous
283:Sesia unit
263:Ivrea zone
69:newspapers
1525:Dolomites
1342:Oslo Rift
1247:Black Sea
1164:Apennines
983:Gibraltar
881:Jan Mayen
836:Lithuania
674:Countries
625:235080132
617:1869-9510
519:pressures
479:Apennines
463:Paleocene
208:Aarmassif
1635:St Kilda
1625:Scandola
1615:Plitvice
1530:Durmitor
1510:Aggtelek
1463:Cimmeria
1453:Avalonia
1440:Terranes
1194:Pyrenees
1169:Caucasus
1141:Variscan
1121:Timanide
1116:Scourian
1111:Scandian
1091:Hellenic
1081:Grampian
1056:Cadomian
993:Guernsey
988:Alderney
973:Scotland
928:Slovenia
923:Slovakia
898:Portugal
886:Svalbard
722:Bulgaria
537:See also
515:obducted
483:Tertiary
477:and the
436:Gondwana
432:Laurasia
425:Jurassic
136:The Alps
1645:Surtsey
1630:Ĺ kocjan
1585:Meteora
1575:Laponia
1570:Kvarken
1458:Baltica
1204:Sudetes
1136:Uralian
1106:Saamian
1076:Gothian
1041:Acadian
1033:Orogens
963:England
953:Ukraine
903:Romania
851:Moldova
801:Ireland
796:Iceland
791:Hungary
781:Germany
776:Georgia
759:Finland
754:Estonia
742:Denmark
727:Croatia
712:Belgium
707:Belarus
697:Austria
692:Armenia
687:Andorra
682:Albania
595:Bibcode
525:in the
497:in the
489:Remains
481:in the
459:subduct
407:Ocean.
379:or the
192:molasse
83:scholar
1545:Glarus
1101:Lopian
1046:Alpine
998:Jersey
948:Turkey
938:Sweden
918:Serbia
908:Russia
893:Poland
876:Norway
856:Monaco
826:Latvia
821:Kosovo
810:Sicily
786:Greece
771:France
732:Cyprus
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507:nappes
471:Apulia
401:Africa
397:Europe
393:basins
187:flysch
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1610:Pirin
1209:Urals
978:Wales
933:Spain
846:Malta
806:Italy
621:S2CID
90:JSTOR
76:books
1565:Komi
1179:Harz
1159:Alps
613:ISSN
475:Alps
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375:The
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