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Hypothesized paleo-ocean whose closure created the supercontinent of Pannotia
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The Pan-African Ocean is a hypothesized paleo-ocean whose closure created the supercontinent of Pannotia. The ocean may have existed before the break-up of the supercontinent of Rodinia. The ocean closed before the beginning of the Phanerozoic Eon, when the Panthalassa ocean expanded, and was eventually replaced by it.

See also

  • Mirovia – Hypothesized superocean surrounding the supercontinent Rodinia in the Neoproterozoic Era
  • Pan-African orogeny – Series of major mountain-forming events in the Neoproterozoic

References

  1. Linnemann, Ulf; R. Damian Nance; Petr Kraft; Gernold Zulauf (2007). The Evolution of the Rheic Ocean: From Avalonian-Cadomian Active Margin to Alleghenian-Variscan Collision. Geological Society of America. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-8137-2423-2.


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