passive margin of Gondwana

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The passive margin of Gondwana was the long, tectonically quiet continental edge of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana, where thick sedimentary sequences accumulated and from which various microcontinents, such as Avalonia, later rifted away.


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Avalonia microcontinent tectonicSettingDuringRift passive margin of Gondwana