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165:Geography of South America
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1111:Categories
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648:Pernambuco
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181:References
98:intrusions
67:states of
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1077:Galápagos
1067:Ascension
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993:Volcanism
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745:Paramirim
727:Cuyo Rift
663:San Ramón
643:Oca-Ancón
382:Caribbean
377:Antarctic
291:CiteSeerX
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65:Brazilian
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1059:Hotspots
968:El Mutún
856:Solimões
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154:See also
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1032:Austral
1022:Central
910:Pampean
888:Chonide
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283:Bibcode
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195:Geology
109:Rodinia
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873:Andean
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774:Amazon
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