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A Geological History of the Earth. Or, a reverse-chronological view of our planet from supercontinent to supercontinent. By: Andrew Hookway. Supercontinents. Vaalbara (3.3 BYA to 2.8 BYA) Kenorland (2.7 BYA to 2.5 BYA) Columbia (1.8 BYA to 1.5 BYA) Ur (3 BYA to 1 BYA)
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A Geological History of the Earth Or, a reverse-chronological view of our planet from supercontinent to supercontinent. By: Andrew Hookway
Supercontinents Vaalbara (3.3 BYA to 2.8 BYA) Kenorland (2.7 BYA to 2.5 BYA) Columbia (1.8 BYA to 1.5 BYA) Ur (3 BYA to 1 BYA) Rodinia (1 BYA to 800 MYA) Pannotia (600 MYA to 540 MYA) Pangaea (300 MYA to 180 MYA)
What Makes Continents Move? http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
Kenorland(2.7 BYA to 2.5 BYA) http://www.geophysics.helsinki.fi/tutkimus/01_Supercontinents_in_the_geological_past_se.php?page=1
Columbia(1.8 BYA to 1.5 BYA) AU: Australia IN: India MA: Madagascar ZI: ? KA: Congo NWAf: Northwest Africa SAm: South America NA: North America GR: Greenland SI: Siberia BA: Baltica (Europe, esp. Scandanavia) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1892869.stm http://www.spacedaily.com/news/tectonics-02b.html
Ur(3 BYA to 1 BYA) http://research.unc.edu/endeavors/spr97/maps.html
Competing Theories 1 BYA 3 BYA 2 BYA Vaalbara Kenorland Columbia Rodinia
http://www.palaeos.com/Earth/Geography/Rodinia.htm http://www.peripatus.gen.nz/Paleontology/Rodinia.html Rodinia(1 BYA to 800 MYA) http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/geo_history_wa/Dance%20of%20the%20Giant%20Continents.htm
Pannotia(600 MYA to 540 MYA) http://scotese.com/precambr.htm http://www.jamestown-ri.info/prelude.htm
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/science_math/res_area/geology/camp/MapsFigures.htmlhttp://www.auburn.edu/academic/science_math/res_area/geology/camp/MapsFigures.html Pangaea(300 MYA to 180 MYA) http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/historical.html
Pangaea Ultima(250 MY to 300 MY) http://scotese.com/future.htm http://scotese.com/future1.htm http://scotese.com/future2.htm
References http://en.wikipedia.org/ http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html http://www.geophysics.helsinki.fi/tutkimus/01_Supercontinents_in_the_geological_past_se.php?page=1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1892869.stm http://www.spacedaily.com/news/tectonics-02b.html http://research.unc.edu/endeavors/spr97/maps.html http://www.palaeos.com/Earth/Geography/Rodinia.htm http://www.peripatus.gen.nz/Paleontology/Rodinia.html http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/geo_history_wa/Dance%20of%20the%20Giant%20Continents.htm http://scotese.com/earth.htm http://www.jamestown-ri.info/prelude.htm http://www.auburn.edu/academic/science_math/res_area/geology/camp/MapsFigures.html http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/historical.html