Rheic Ocean

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ancient ocean

The Rheic Ocean was a Paleozoic-age ocean that once separated the ancient continents of Gondwana from Laurussia before closing during the assembly of the supercontinent Pangaea.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient ocean ⓘ
age	Paleozoic ⓘ
boundedBy	Gondwana to the south ⓘ Laurussia to the north NERFINISHED ⓘ
closedDuring	Late Paleozoic ⓘ assembly of Pangaea ⓘ
closureAssociatedWith	Alleghanian orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ Appalachian orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ Hercynian orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ Variscan orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ
closureResultedIn	Appalachian mountain belt in North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Variscan mountain belts in Europe ⓘ formation of Pangaea ⓘ
existedDuring	Paleozoic Era NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicalEvidencePreservedIn	Appalachian–Ouachita belt NERFINISHED ⓘ Variscan belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFrom	faunal provinciality ⓘ orogenic belts in Europe and North America ⓘ paleomagnetic data ⓘ sedimentary basins ⓘ
namedAfter	Rhea NERFINISHED ⓘ
oceanicCrustSubductedBeneath	Gondwana NERFINISHED ⓘ Laurussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
openedAs	back-arc basin along northern Gondwana margin ⓘ
openedDuring	Early Paleozoic ⓘ
paleogeographicSetting	between northern margin of Gondwana and southern margin of Laurussia ⓘ
partOf	Paleozoic paleogeography ⓘ Wilson cycle of Pangaea assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessorTo	Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentInRecordOf	Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Gondwana NERFINISHED ⓘ Iapetus Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Laurussia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pangaea NERFINISHED ⓘ
separated	Gondwana NERFINISHED ⓘ Laurussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
separatedContinents	Gondwana and Laurussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	completely closed ⓘ
successorTo	Iapetus Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
tectonicProcess	continental collision ⓘ seafloor spreading ⓘ subduction ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Laurussia → borderedByAncientOcean → Rheic Ocean ⓘ

Laurussia continent → borders → Rheic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Laurussia

Iapetus Ocean → formedBefore → Rheic Ocean ⓘ

Avalonia → separationOceanName → Rheic Ocean ⓘ

Iapetus Ocean → successorBasinRecordedBy → Rheic Ocean ⓘ