Iapetus Ocean

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The Iapetus Ocean was an ancient Paleozoic ocean that once separated the paleocontinents of Laurentia, Baltica, and Avalonia before closing during the formation of the supercontinent Pangaea.

Referenced by (4)

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

Avalonia microcontinent → collisionClosedOcean → Iapetus Ocean ⓘ

Southern Uplands accretionary prism → formedAlong → Iapetus Ocean ⓘ

Southern Uplands terrane → paleogeographicOcean → Iapetus Ocean ⓘ

Avalonia microcontinent → subductedOceanBetween → Iapetus Ocean ⓘ