The Pan-African orogeny was a series of major
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Pan-African Ocean — The Pan African Ocean is an hypothesized paleo ocean that surrounded the supercontinent of Pannotia. The ocean may have existed before the break up of a supercontinent of Rodinia. The ocean closed before the beginning of the Phanerozoic Eon, when … Wikipedia
African Plate — The African plate, shown in pinkish orange The African Plate is a tectonic plate which includes the continent of Africa, as well as oceanic crust which lies … Wikipedia
Geologic time scale — This clock representation shows some of the major units of geological time and definitive events of Earth history. The Hadean eon represents the time before fossil record of life on Earth; its upper boundary is now regarded as 4.0 Ga.[1] Other… … Wikipedia
History of the Earth — For the history of modern humans, see History of the world. Geological time put in a diagram called a geological clock, showing the relative lengths of the eons of the Earth s history The history of the Earth describes the most important events… … Wikipedia
Timetable of the Precambrian — This is a timeline of geological and relevant astronomical events on Earth before the Cambrian period started. This covers 88% of the duration of the Earth. The dates given are based on the best current scientific evidence and where possible are… … Wikipedia
Arabian-Nubian Shield — The Arabian Nubian Shield (ANS) is an exposure of Precambrian crystalline rocks on the flanks of the Red Sea. The crystalline rocks are mostly Neoproterozoic in age. Geographically and from north to south the ANS includes the nations of Israel,… … Wikipedia
Sirte Basin — The Sirte Basin is a late Mesozoic and Tertiary triple junction continental rift (extensional basin) along northern Africa that was initiated during the late Jurassic Period. It borders a relatively stable Paleozoic craton and cratonic sag basins … Wikipedia
Pannotia — Pannotia, first described by Ian W. D. Dalziel in 1997, is a hypothetical supercontinent that existed from the Pan African orogeny about 600 million years ago to the end of the Precambrian about 540 million years ago. It is also known as the… … Wikipedia
Queen Maud Land — Dronning Maud Land … Wikipedia
South America — South American. a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. 271,000,000; ab. 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km). * * * Continent, Western Hemisphere. The world s fourth largest continent, it is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the… … Universalium
