• Rodinia (from the Russian родина, rodina, meaning "motherland, birthplace") was a Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic supercontinent that assembled 1.26–0...
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    Laurentia formed the core of the supercontinent Rodinia, but the exact fit of various continents within Rodinia is debated. In some reconstructions, Baltica...
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    continents of Laurentia and Amazonia collided, creating a supercontinent called Rodinia. The collision of these continents caused the rocks to be folded and faulted...
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    margin of the continent is thought to have contributed to the formation of Rodinia. According to the Southwest U.S. and East Antarctica or SWEAT hypothesis...
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    broke up, and the next supercontinent, Rodinia, formed from the accretion and assembly of its fragments. Rodinia lasted from about 1.3 billion years ago...
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    propose a Proterozoic supercontinent preceding Pangaea, today known as Rodinia. At that time he simply referred to it as "the Proterozoic super-continent"...
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    Pacific Ocean is a direct continuation of Panthalassa. The supercontinent Rodinia began to break up 870–845 Ma probably as a consequence of a superplume...
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  • into a single supercontinent around 1130 Ma. The supercontinent, known as Rodinia, broke up around 750 Ma. A number of glacial periods have been identified...
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    have decreased in magnitude after every period. Columbia, about 1,590 Mya Rodinia, about 900 Mya Pannotia, 545 Mya (disputed[clarification needed]), centered...
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    masses, forming Rodinia. Between ~825 and 750 Ma Rodinia broke apart. However, before completely breaking up, some fragments of Rodinia had already come...
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    Mesoproterozoic era when two continental cratons collided to form the supercontinent Rodinia, 500 million years prior to the development of the range during the formation...
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    Roeberella Subtribe Pandemina Adelotypa Calospila Calliona Livendula Pandemos Rodinia Setabis Zelotaea Subtribe Stalachtina Protonymphidia Stalachtis Subtribe...
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    element (REE) ores. Second, the South China Block is a key component of the Rodinia supercontinent. Therefore, such study helps us understand more about the...
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    followed by the Neoproterozoic era and the Tonian period. The supercontinent Rodinia assembled during the Stenian. It would last into the Tonian period before...
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    Ur joined the continents Nena and Atlantica to form the supercontinent Rodinia. In the reconstruction of Rogers 1996, Ur remained the nucleus of eastern...
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    supercontinents Columbia Gondwana Kenorland Laurasia Nena Pangaea Pannotia Rodinia Ur Vaalbara Other prehistoric continents Amazonia Arctica Asiamerica Atlantica...
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  • superocean which may have been a global ocean surrounding the supercontinent Rodinia in the Neoproterozoic Era, about 1 billion to 750 million years ago. Mirovia...
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    Baltica and Arctica (as part of the Laurentia block) became joined to Rodinia, later resplitting around 550 million years ago to reform as Baltica. Around...
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    Special Publication 22: 432 p. Cawood, PA (2005). "Terra Australis Orogen: Rodinia breakup and development of the Pacific and Iapetus margins of Gondwana...
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    supercontinents Columbia Gondwana Kenorland Laurasia Nena Pangaea Pannotia Rodinia Ur Vaalbara Other prehistoric continents Amazonia Arctica Asiamerica Atlantica...
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    supercontinent Rodinia, which had assembled during the late Mesoproterozoic, straddled the equator. During the Tonian, rifting commenced which broke Rodinia into...
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    8 Ga); Ur (c. 3 Ga); Kenorland (2.7 to 2.1 Ga); Columbia (1.8 to 1.5 Ga); Rodinia (1.25 Ga to 750 Ma); and Pannotia (c. 600 Ma), whose dispersal produced...
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    apart. At approximately 750 Ma, one of the earliest known supercontinents, Rodinia, began to break apart. The continents later recombined to form Pannotia...
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    Rodinian Period/System (1780–850 Ma) – named after the supercontinent Rodinia, stable environment. Proposed pre-Cambrian timeline (GTS2012), shown to...
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  • has changed throughout its existence. Gondwana was a smaller piece of Rodinia and stayed together all the way through the breakup of Pangea. This allowed...
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    supercontinent Rodinia.: 370  Rodinia may have been preceded by Early-Middle Proterozoic continents called Nuna and Columbia.: 374  After the break-up of Rodinia about...
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    Laurentia are similar to their corresponding fits in the configuration of Rodinia. This continental configuration is based on the available geological reconstructions...
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    Cities and Towns USDA Vermont State Facts Roads compared to other states Rodinia to Pangea: The Lithotectonic Record of the Appalachian Region Laurentia-Gondwana...
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    era are the breakup of the Columbia supercontinent, the formation of the Rodinia supercontinent, and the evolution of sexual reproduction. This era is marked...
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    zones. The Pacific Ocean was born 750 million years ago at the breakup of Rodinia, although it is generally called the Panthalassa until the breakup of Pangea...
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