Mirovia Ocean

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Mirovia Ocean was a hypothesized global ocean that surrounded the supercontinent Rodinia during the Neoproterozoic era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hypothetical ancient ocean
paleoocean
associatedWith supercontinent Rodinia NERFINISHED
brokeUpWith Rodinia breakup
classification Neoproterozoic ocean
disappearedBy early Paleozoic
evidenceType geological correlations between cratons
orogenic belts around Rodinia margins
paleomagnetic data
existedDuring Neoproterozoic era
followedBy Iapetus Ocean NERFINISHED
Panthalassic Ocean NERFINISHED
hasNoDirectFossilRecord true
isGlobalOcean true
isHypothesized true
linkedTo Neoproterozoic climatic and tectonic changes
mayHaveInfluenced Neoproterozoic ocean circulation patterns
early evolution of complex life through environmental change
nameEtymology derived from Russian word for ‘global’ or ‘world’ (mirovoy)
precededBy oceans of earlier Proterozoic supercontinents
relatedConcept Rodinia supercontinent NERFINISHED
supercontinent cycle
status hypothetical and reconstructed
studiedIn Precambrian geology
paleogeography
plate tectonics
surrounded Rodinia NERFINISHED
tectonicContext formed around assembled supercontinent Rodinia
timeFrameApproximate about 1.0 to 0.75 billion years ago

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Pan-African Ocean precededBy Mirovia Ocean