Mirovia Ocean

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Mirovia Ocean was a hypothesized global ocean that surrounded the supercontinent Rodinia during the Neoproterozoic era.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mirovia Ocean canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hypothetical ancient ocean ⓘ
paleoocean ⓘ
associatedWith supercontinent Rodinia ⓘ
brokeUpWith Rodinia breakup ⓘ
classification Neoproterozoic ocean ⓘ
disappearedBy early Paleozoic ⓘ
evidenceType geological correlations between cratons ⓘ
orogenic belts around Rodinia margins ⓘ
paleomagnetic data ⓘ
existedDuring Neoproterozoic era ⓘ
followedBy Iapetus Ocean ⓘ
Panthalassic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Panthalassa Ocean
hasNoDirectFossilRecord true ⓘ
isGlobalOcean true ⓘ
isHypothesized true ⓘ
linkedTo Neoproterozoic climatic and tectonic changes ⓘ
mayHaveInfluenced Neoproterozoic ocean circulation patterns ⓘ
early evolution of complex life through environmental change ⓘ
nameEtymology derived from Russian word for ‘global’ or ‘world’ (mirovoy) ⓘ
precededBy oceans of earlier Proterozoic supercontinents ⓘ
relatedConcept Rodinia supercontinent ⓘ
supercontinent cycle ⓘ
status hypothetical and reconstructed ⓘ
studiedIn Precambrian geology ⓘ
paleogeography ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
surrounded Rodinia ⓘ
tectonicContext formed around assembled supercontinent Rodinia ⓘ
timeFrameApproximate about 1.0 to 0.75 billion years ago ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Pan-African Ocean → precededBy → Mirovia Ocean ⓘ