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The continent of Gondwana was named by the Austrian scientist Eduard Suess, after the region in central India of the same name, which is derived from Sanskrit for "forest of the Gonds". [6] The name had been previously used in a geological context, first by H. B. Medlicott in 1872, [ 7 ] from which the Gondwana sedimentary sequences ( Permian ...
Gondwana, also known as Gondaranya, the land of Gondwana, is a region of India named after the Gondi people. The supercontinent, Gondwanaland, was named after the Gondwana region, because it contained some ancient fossil-bearing rock formations. [1] Since Gondi people are spread widely across central India, the region has no unambiguous boundary.
Map of Earth around 85 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous. The second major phase in the break-up of Pangaea began in the Early Cretaceous (150–140 Ma), when Gondwana separated into multiple continents (Africa, South America, India, Antarctica, and Australia).
The South Polar region of the Cretaceous comprised the continent of East Gondwana–modern day Australia, Zealandia, and Antarctica–a product of the break-up of Gondwana in the Cretaceous Period. The southern region, during this time, was much warmer than it is today, ranging from perhaps 4–8 °C (39–46 °F) in the latest Cretaceous ...
Gondwana has the potential to be quite the area of scientific discovery. The ancient mega-continent, according to leading theories, was once large enough to contain South America, Africa, India ...
The result was the formation of Gondwana. The Rodinia hypothesis assumes that rifting did not start everywhere simultaneously. Extensive lava flows and volcanic eruptions of Neoproterozoic age are found on most continents, evidence for large scale rifting about 750 Ma. [1]
Gondwana is a former supercontinent that broke off from the landmass of Pangea about 180 million years ago. It included South America, Africa, Australia and Antarctica.
The Indian subcontinent was formerly part of Gondwana, a supercontinent formed during the late Neoproterozoic and early Paleozoic. [7] Gondwana began to break up during the Mesozoic, with Insular India separating from Antarctica 130–120 million years ago [36] and Madagascar around 90 million years ago, [37] during the Cretaceous.