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- terranes, collided in the Caledonian orogeny c. 400 Ma to form Laurussia/Euramerica. Laurussia/Euramerica then collided with Gondwana to form Pangaea. Kazakhstania...
- continent of Siberia to the north, and the medium-sized continent of Laurussia to the east. Major tectonic events include the closure of the Rheic Ocean...
- region. To its northwest was Laurussia. These two continents slowly collided to form the core of Pangea. To the north of Laurussia lay Siberia and Amuria....
- by the end of the Ordovician to form a landm**** called Euramerica or Laurussia, closing the Iapetus Ocean. The collision resulted in the formation of...
- event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Euramerica (Laurussia) and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangaea. The name Variscan...
- (about 420 Ma) in the Caledonian orogeny. This produced the continent of Laurussia. During this time, several small continental fragments merged with other...
- minor continent of Kazakhstania. A subsequent collision with Euramerica/Laurussia during the Late Carboniferous-Permian formed Pangea. Pangaea split up...
- Euramerica (also known as Laurussia – not to be confused with Laurasia, – the Old Red Continent or the Old Red Sandstone Continent) was a minor supercontinent...
- doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2003.07.003. Ziegler, P.A. (2012). Evolution of Laurussia: A Study in Late Palaeozoic Plate Tectonics. Springer Science & Business...
- of collision between the large landm****es of Euramerica (also known as Laurussia) and Gondwana during the formation of Pangaea. At its greatest elevation...