Amerasia Basin
basin, Arctic Ocean
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physiography of Arctic Ocean
- In Arctic Ocean: Origin
The origin of the Amerasia Basin is far less clear. Most researchers favour a hypothesis of opening by rotation of the Arctic-Alaska lithospheric plate away from the North American Plate during the Cretaceous Period (about 145 to 65 million years ago). Better understanding of the origin of the Arctic…
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