Statistics for Novas y el Cretácico (Parte 1)

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South America completely separated from Africa sometime between 100 and 95 MA (_____-______)Albian-Cenomanian)
100%
By Early Cretaceous, Africa had become separated from both East and West _________Antarctica
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By _______ time (around 115 MA), South America was more widely separated from AfricaAptian
100%
During Aptian-Albian times, the first incursions of the Atlantic onto the eastern side of South America occurred, flooding the Araripe and Parnaiba Basins in north-Eastern ______Brazil
100%
Though the flow of marine water into the South Atlantic was possible via the Weddell Sea, no deepwater circulation into the South Atlantic occured unitl the Malvinas Plateau separated from Africa about 100 MA (__________)Cenomanian
100%
The oceanic floor first formed in the South Atlantic aroun 130 MA (___________)Hauterivian
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The process lasted from 130 to 110 MA (_________/_________)Hauterivian/Albian
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Thus, connections between South America and Africa remained almost __________ north of the _________ Deltaintact/Niger
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And spread ________Northward
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About 100 MA, the eastern tip of the [...] Malvinas ______ finally separated from the apex of South Africa. This permited an almost uniform extension of the South Atlantic,Plateau
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Forming a shallow and narrow South Atlantic Ocean that resembled the modernRed Sea
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Where lake deposits and evaporites are overlain by marine deposits of the _______Santana Formation
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The continental breakup started in the ________South
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