- in
existence in
order to
qualify as a
supercontinent.
Moving under the
forces of
plate tectonics,
supercontinents have ****embled and dis****d multiple...
-
different views on the
history of
earlier supercontinents. The
first theory proposes a
series of
supercontinents:
starting with
Vaalbara (3.6 to 2.8 Ga);...
-
Another supercontinent, Aurica, has been
proposed in more
recent times. Wilkins,
Alasdair (27
January 2011). "A
history of
supercontinents on planet...
- most
recent supercontinent reconstructed from the
geologic record and
therefore is by far the best understood. The
formation of
supercontinents and their...
-
Aurica is a
possible ****ure
supercontinent configuration. It is one of the four
proposed supercontinents that are
speculated to form
within 200 million...
- from 2.7 to 3.6 Ga,
which would make
Vaalbara one of Earth's
earliest supercontinents.
There has been some
debate as to when and even if
Vaalbara existed...
- Columbia, also
known as Nuna or Hudsonland, is a
hypothetical ancient supercontinent. It was
first proposed by John J.W.
Rogers and M.
Santosh in 2002 and...
- W.; Santosh, M. (2004), "****embly and
Dispersal of
Supercontinents",
Continents and
Supercontinents,
Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/oso/9780195165890...
-
would be the last
supercontinent. The
concept was
suggested by
extrapolating past
cycles of
formation and
breakup of
supercontinents, not on theoretical...
- the
continental shelf.
South America broke off from the west of the
supercontinent Gondwana around 135 million
years ago,
forming its own continent. Around...
