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Gondwana (/ ɡ ɒ n d ˈ w ɑː n ə /) [1] was a large landmass, sometimes referred to as a supercontinent.The remnants of Gondwana make up around two-thirds of today's continental area, including South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Zealandia, Arabia, and the Indian subcontinent.
Approximate location of Mesoproterozoic (older than 1.3 Ga) cratons in South America and Africa. The São Luís and Luís Alves cratonic fragments are shown. Gondwana and the Kuungan orogen. Listed by modern continent and Gondwana, include:
Argoland, once part of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana, was long thought to be lost. But scientists discovered it splintered apart in Southeast Asia.
South America Guriense orogeny: 2.8 2.7 South America Sunsás orogeny: 1.4 1.1 South America Cariri Velhos orogeny.54 South America Brasiliano-Pan African orogeny.54 South America Pampean orogeny.53 .48 South America Chonide orogeny.25 .20 South America Terra Australis Orogen.54 .23 South America Famatinian orogeny.49 .46 South America
Argoland, once part of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana, was long thought to be lost. But scientists discovered it splintered apart in Southeast Asia. Scientists Have Miraculously Located A ...
Its flood basalt mostly covers South Africa and Antarctica, but portions extend further into southern Africa and into South America, India, Australia and New Zealand. [ 3 ] Karoo-Ferrar formed just prior to the breakup of Gondwana in the Lower Jurassic epoch, about 183 million years ago; [ 4 ] this timing corresponds to the early Toarcian ...
The sedimentary deposition from this mountain chain, known as the Gondwana Super-fan, exceeded 100 million cubic kilometres (24 million cubic miles) or the equivalent to covering the United States with c. 10 km (6.2 mi) of sediment, lasted for 260 million years and coincided with the Cambrian explosion, the sudden radiation of animal life c ...
At the time, other terms were used for similar orogenic events on other continents, i.e. Brasiliano in South America; Adelaidean in Australia; and Beardmore in Antarctica. Later, when plate tectonics became generally accepted, the term Pan-African was extended to all of the supercontinent Gondwana.