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¥. B. TAYLOR ORIGIN OF THE EARTH S PLAN 



If, then, by reversing the process, North America be in imagination 

 pressed back northeastward to a complete union with Greenland, it is 

 evident that the Labrador Sea, Davis Strait, and Baffin Bay would be 



Figure 4. — Oreenland and the Arctic Archipelago 



Showing the rift valleys on the northwestern and western sides of Greenland. The 

 arrows show the supposed direction of crustal creep and the lines AA, BB, etcetera, 

 show the supposed distance of movement. 



closed and obliterated entirely, and that Grant L/and, Grinnell Land, and 

 EUesmere Land would be thrust northeastward past the north end of 

 Greenland along the line of the rift — that is, along the line of Smith 

 Sound and Kennedy and TJobeson channels produced. 



