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  • We learn, for instance, that the mineral grains inside the pebble were eroded off the long-lost continent of Avalonia more than 600 million years ago, and, more recently, around 420 million years ago, tiny crystals of fool's gold pyrite settled on the ancient mud to fill in the body cavities of tiny animals whose bodies had sunk into the muck.

    Rock of Ages Brian Switek 2011

  • When the island arc, Avalonia, crashed into the North American Craton, it was pulled along by a subduction zone, which was locked up as the less dense island rocks didn't get subducted.

    worlds in a grain of sand Andrew 2004

  • When the island arc, Avalonia, crashed into the North American Craton, it was pulled along by a subduction zone, which was locked up as the less dense island rocks didn't get subducted.

    Archive 2004-04-01 Andrew 2004

  • Cornwall, now sunk beneath the sea; and Avalonia was the name given to one of the many small islands of the once marshy, low-lying shore of

    Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion Beatrice Clay

  • King of Avalonia @ 8: 57 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 wow this guy is terrible ... he looks like a freakin blob ... and also ...

    Dallas Mavericks 2009

  • Avalonia or a passage later on in the song resembling-yeah, I know that only to me-the opening of Death's Spirit Crusher, when instruments re-appear sequentially, starting from bass.

    Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website 2009

  • The mystery of the aquatic people of Avalonia unfolds as you discover the scattered fragments of their Sacred Amulets, salvaging treasure along the way.

    MacUpdate - Mac OS X 2009

  • By the same reasoning, the bifurcation of Avalonian species from North African ones around 450 million years ago is a sign that a block of crust consisting of Newfoundland and southern Britain had rifted waway from the larger African landmass, forming a distinct and isolated microcontinent which for obvious reasons is usually called Avalonia.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2009

  • The title is quite catchy too and as I am sitting waiting for my copy of John Canard’s forthcoming “Defences against the Witches Craft” see Avalonia Books for details I decided that I should probably start by reading what others are writing and reading when it comes to casting those curses in the first instance.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Christopher 2008

  • The title is quite catchy too and as I am sitting waiting for my copy of John Canard’s forthcoming “Defences against the Witches Craft” see Avalonia Books for details I decided that I should probably start by reading what others are writing and reading when it comes to casting those curses in the first instance.

    A Cold Dish Of Revenge? Christopher 2008

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