Effects of choosing a cartographic projection on variable radius paleogeographic reconstructions

Here we want to highlight the effects that the choice of cartographic
projection has on the final results of paleogeographic reconstructions on a smaller
Earth’s radius of the current one, which are carried out following the concept of the
expanding Earth. It is proposed the search for a transformation that mimics more closely
the geological extension of the continents, providing a first simple example.

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