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| Data sets | Publications | Expeditions | Thesaurus |
African Plate ![]() | |
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| RT | Africa |
| plate tectonics | |
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| SN | Includes the continent of Africa, adjoining areas of the Atlantic and Indian oceans, Madagascar, and much of E Mediterranean Sea. Indexed with geographic area and/or age as applicable. |
African Platform ![]() | |
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| BT | Africa |
| .African Platform | |
| SN | A vast platform of complex Precambrian and Paleozoic rocks, partly covered by Mesozoic and Tertiary sedimentary rocks, which underlies the entire continent. |
