News Headline

A Central African shield amalgamation tale: Earth's next supercontinent

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2021-04-28

The Earth has a 4.6-billion-year history; since about 1.9 billion years ago, it has been punctuated by a quasi-cyclic formation and break up of supercontinents—large landmasses that comprised the majority of the Earth's continental crust. The formation and disruption of supercontinents had great impact on the environment, climate and possibly Earth's interior.

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https://phys.org/news/2021-04-central-african-shield-amalgamation-tale.html