supercontinent Rodinia

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ancient landmass supercontinent

Rodinia was an ancient supercontinent that assembled during the Proterozoic Eon and existed before the later supercontinent Pangaea, profoundly influencing Earth’s early tectonic and climatic evolution.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Rodinia	12
supercontinent Rodinia canonical	4
Rodinia supercontinent	1
assembly of Rodinia	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient landmass ⓘ supercontinent ⓘ
affected	atmospheric composition ⓘ global ocean circulation ⓘ nutrient delivery to oceans ⓘ
assembledDuring	Proterozoic Eon ⓘ
assemblyLinkedTo	Grenville orogenic belt ⓘ
assemblyTimeInterval	1.3–0.9 billion years ago ⓘ
associatedWith	Grenville orogeny ⓘ
breakupLinkedTo	Neoproterozoic glaciations ⓘ Neoproterozoic rifting ⓘ Snowball Earth events ⓘ
breakupTimeInterval	900–700 million years ago ⓘ
brokeUpApproximately	750 million years ago ⓘ 900 million years ago ⓘ
contains	Guiana Shield ⓘ surface form: Amazonia craton (in many models) East Antarctic craton basement ⓘ surface form: Antarctica craton (in many models) Australia craton (in many models) ⓘ Baltica craton (in many models) ⓘ Kaapvaal Craton ⓘ surface form: Kalahari craton (in many models) Laurentia ⓘ surface form: Laurentia craton Siberia craton (in some models) ⓘ Yangtze Plate ⓘ surface form: South China craton (in some models) cratonic blocks ⓘ
continentType	supercontinent ⓘ
durationEstimate	several hundred million years ⓘ
followedBy	Gondwana ⓘ surface form: Gondwana supercontinent supercontinent Pangaea ⓘ surface form: Pangaea supercontinent supercontinent Pannotia ⓘ surface form: Pannotia supercontinent
formedApproximately	1.1 billion years ago ⓘ 1.3 billion years ago ⓘ
geologicalEon	Proterozoic Eon ⓘ
hasUncertainConfiguration	true ⓘ
influenced	Earth climatic evolution ⓘ Earth tectonic evolution ⓘ
locatedIn	Southern Hemisphere ⓘ surface form: Southern Hemisphere (reconstructed position)
nameMeaning	“to give birth” in Russian (rodina) ⓘ
nameProposedBy	Mark W. McMenamin ⓘ
partOf	Earth supercontinent cycle ⓘ Neoproterozoic supercontinent cycle ⓘ
precededBy	supercontinent Columbia (Nuna) ⓘ surface form: Columbia supercontinent
precedes	Gondwana ⓘ supercontinent Pangaea ⓘ surface form: Pangaea Pannotia ⓘ
recognizedIn	plate tectonic reconstructions of the Proterozoic ⓘ
reconstructedUsing	geological correlations ⓘ orogenic belts ⓘ paleomagnetic data ⓘ
relatedTo	evolution of early eukaryotes (indirectly) ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Proterozoic Eon → includes → supercontinent Rodinia ⓘ

supercontinent Columbia (Nuna) → predates → supercontinent Rodinia ⓘ

subject surface form: Columbia