supercontinent Rodinia

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Rodinia was an ancient supercontinent that assembled during the Proterozoic Eon and existed before the later supercontinent Pangaea, profoundly influencing Earth’s early tectonic and climatic evolution.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Rodinia 12
supercontinent Rodinia canonical 4
Rodinia supercontinent 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient landmass
supercontinent
affected atmospheric composition
global ocean circulation
nutrient delivery to oceans
assembledDuring Proterozoic Eon
assemblyLinkedTo Grenville orogenic belt
assemblyTimeInterval 1.3–0.9 billion years ago
associatedWith Grenville orogeny
breakupLinkedTo Neoproterozoic glaciations
Neoproterozoic rifting
Snowball Earth events
breakupTimeInterval 900–700 million years ago
brokeUpApproximately 750 million years ago
900 million years ago
contains Amazonia craton (in many models)
linked to: Guiana Shield

Antarctica craton (in many models)
Australia craton (in many models)
Baltica craton (in many models)
Kalahari craton (in many models)
linked to: Kaapvaal Craton

Laurentia craton
linked to: Laurentia

Siberia craton (in some models)
South China craton (in some models)
linked to: Yangtze Plate

cratonic blocks
continentType supercontinent
durationEstimate several hundred million years
followedBy Gondwana supercontinent
linked to: Gondwana

Pangaea supercontinent
Pannotia supercontinent
formedApproximately 1.1 billion years ago
1.3 billion years ago
geologicalEon Proterozoic Eon
hasUncertainConfiguration true
influenced Earth climatic evolution
Earth tectonic evolution
locatedIn Southern Hemisphere (reconstructed position)
linked to: Southern Hemisphere
nameMeaning “to give birth” in Russian (rodina)
nameProposedBy Mark W. McMenamin
partOf Earth supercontinent cycle
Neoproterozoic supercontinent cycle
precededBy Columbia supercontinent
precedes Gondwana
Pangaea
Pannotia
recognizedIn plate tectonic reconstructions of the Proterozoic
reconstructedUsing geological correlations
orogenic belts
paleomagnetic data
relatedTo evolution of early eukaryotes (indirectly)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Proterozoic Eon includes supercontinent Rodinia
Columbia predates Rodinia
subject linked to: supercontinent Columbia (Nuna)
linked to: supercontinent Rodinia
Nuna predates Rodinia
subject linked to: supercontinent Columbia (Nuna)
linked to: supercontinent Rodinia
Columbia precedesInSequence Rodinia
subject linked to: supercontinent Columbia (Nuna)
linked to: supercontinent Rodinia
Laurentia wasPartOf Rodinia
linked to: supercontinent Rodinia
Pangaea precededBy supercontinent Rodinia
subject linked to: supercontinent Pangaea
Kalahari Craton wasPartOf Rodinia supercontinent
linked to: supercontinent Rodinia
Grenville orogenic belt associatedWith Rodinia
linked to: supercontinent Rodinia
Neoproterozoic supercontinent cycle involves Rodinia
linked to: supercontinent Rodinia
Neoproterozoic supercontinent cycle relatedTo supercontinent Rodinia
Australia craton (in many models) reconstructedAsPartOf Rodinia
linked to: supercontinent Rodinia
Pan-African Ocean relatedConcept Rodinia
linked to: supercontinent Rodinia
Proto-Africa relatedConcept Rodinia
subject linked to: proto-Africa
linked to: supercontinent Rodinia
Pannotia formedAfter Rodinia
linked to: supercontinent Rodinia
Pannotia precededBy Rodinia
linked to: supercontinent Rodinia
Grenville orogeny partOf assembly of Rodinia
linked to: supercontinent Rodinia
Stenian Period associatedWith supercontinent Rodinia
Iapetus Ocean riftedFrom Rodinia
linked to: supercontinent Rodinia