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World Service,31 Jan 2002,24 mins

Lost Continents - Ocean

Discovery

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How an entire ocean vanished, when the European continent was formed. A look at how the ocean that was once situated where Europe now is, was squeezed out by the movements of the world's tectonic plates.

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