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Paris Basin: References & Edit History

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Europe
- In Europe: Geologic history
formation during Cenozoic Era
- In Tertiary Period: Sedimentary sequences
fossil records
- In geochronology: The hypothesis of fossil succession in the work of Georges Cuvier
France
- In France: The Paris Basin

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Invalidated site: UNESCO - Seine-Normandy Basin, France.	Satyavrat Nirala	Nov 20, 2014
	Added new Web site: UNESCO - Seine-Normandy Basin, France.	Deepti Mahajan	Mar 18, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998