Using information from inside the rocks on Earth's surface, we have reconstructed the plate tectonics of the planet over the ...

Using information from inside the rocks on Earth’s surface, scientists have reconstructed the plate tectonics of the planet ...

700 mya: Breakup of Rodinia supercontinent As tectonic plates shift, the Rodinia supercontinent begins to break apart into the smaller continents of Laurentia, Baltica, Siberia, and Gondwana.

Australia was created by the junction of three early pieces of continental crust (cratons). Following the breakup of Rodinia, Australia, India and Antarctica made up a large landmass. During plate ...

Read more: Earth's biggest cache of pink diamonds formed in the breakup of the 1st supercontinent 'Nuna' Rodinia was the second supercontinent to form in the Precambrian period, coming together ...

Breakup and redistribution of the continental elements of Rodinia seems to have been initiated at c. 750 Ma with the separation of East Gondwana from the western margin of Laurentia. This rifting ...

During the assembly of Rodinia, the second most recent supercontinent on Earth, the eastern margin of what is now North America converged with other fragments from the breakup of a previous ...

Theories suggest that the missing rock was either scoured away by glaciers during the Snowball Earth period or removed by the breakup and movement of the ancient supercontinent Rodinia.

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Watch how Earth looked like 1.8 billion years ago; witness its journey from then to now: The video also revisits the so-called ‘boring billion’ period, spanning from 1.8 billion to 0.8 billion years ...

The breakup of a Chinese rocket following a satellite launch generated a fresh field of debris—and new concern over Beijing’s attitude toward space junk. The Long March 6A rocket, launched Aug ...