supercontinent Columbia (Nuna)

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Supercontinent Columbia (also known as Nuna) was an ancient landmass that assembled in the Paleoproterozoic and represents one of Earth’s earliest known supercontinents, predating Rodinia and Pangaea.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

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Predicate Object
instanceOf supercontinent
supercontinent
alsoKnownAs Columbia
Nuna
approximateAssemblyAgeMa 1800
1800
2100
2100
approximateBreakupAgeMa 1300
1300
1500
1500
centeredOn Laurentia
Laurentia
containsCraton Amazon Basin
surface form: Amazonia

Amazonia
Australia
Australia
Baltica
Baltica
India
India
Kalahari Craton
Kalahari Craton
Laurentia
Laurentia
North China Craton
North China Craton
Siberian Craton
Siberian Craton
West African Craton
West African Craton
evidenceType geological correlations
geological correlations
paleomagnetic data
paleomagnetic data
formedIn Paleoproterozoic Era
surface form: Paleoproterozoic eon

Paleoproterozoic Era
surface form: Paleoproterozoic eon
oneOfEarliestKnown Earth supercontinents
Earth supercontinents
partOf supercontinent cycle
supercontinent cycle
precedesInSequence supercontinent Pangaea
surface form: Pangaea

supercontinent Rodinia
surface form: Rodinia
predates supercontinent Pangaea
surface form: Pangaea

supercontinent Pangaea
surface form: Pangaea

supercontinent Rodinia
surface form: Rodinia

supercontinent Rodinia
surface form: Rodinia
status hypothesized reconstruction
hypothesized reconstruction

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Proterozoic Eon includes supercontinent Columbia (Nuna)
supercontinent Rodinia precededBy supercontinent Columbia (Nuna)
subject surface form: Rodinia
this entity surface form: Columbia supercontinent