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Pangaea

Pangaea or Pangea (/pænˈdʒiːə/ pan-JEE-ə) was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. It assembled from the earlier continental units of Gondwana, Euramerica and Siberia during the Carboniferous period approximately 335 million years ago, and began to break apart about 200 million years ago, at the end of the…

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Formation

Paleogeography

Paleoclimate

Life

Rifting and break-up

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Pangaea

Nodes211
Edges210
Triples358
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009479
Components1

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Pangaea

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related to Collision of Gondwana with Euramerica · 39
Pangaea → Africa, Annamia, Antarctica, Appalachian Mountains, As Avalonia, Australia, Baltica, By, Caledonian, Devonian, Devonian Gondwana, Early Carboniferous, Euramerica, Europe, Gondwana, Iapetus Ocean, In, India, Indochina, It
related to Formation of Laurasia · 37
Pangaea → Africa, Antarctica, Appalachians, Australia, Baltica, By, Carboniferous, Cimmerian, Cimmerian Orogeny, Early Permian, Gondwana, India, Jurassic, Late Triassic, Laurasia, Laurentia, Meanwhile, Middle Jurassic, Most, Ouachita Mountains
related to Opening of the Norwegian Sea and break-up of Australia and Antarctica · 32
Pangaea → Alps, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Both Australia, California, Cenozoic, East African Rift, Eurasia, Europe, Gulf, Himalayan, India, Indian Oceans, Japan, Laurasia, Laurentia, Ma, Meanwhile, Norwegian Sea
related to Break-up of Gondwana · 31
Pangaea → Africa, African Plate, Also, Antarctica, Atlantica, Australia, Coral Sea, Early Cretaceous, Eurasia, Gondwana, In, India, Indian Ocean, Insular India, Late Cretaceous, Ma, Madagascar, Middle Cretaceous, New Caledonia, New Zealand
related to Formation of Euramerica (Laurussia) · 28
Pangaea → Africa, Appalachians, Avalonia, Baltica, Belgium, British Isles, Cambrian, Euramerica, France, Gondwana, Iapetus Ocean, In, Khanty Ocean, Laurentia, Laurussia, Ma, New England, Newfoundland, North America, Nova Scotia
related to Origin of the concept · 23
Pangaea → Abraham Ortelius, Alfred Wegener, American Association, Ancient Greek, Carboniferous, Continents, Die Entstehung, English, Gaea, Gaia, German, Germanized, He, Kontinente, Latinized, Mother Earth, November, Pangäa, Petroleum Geologists, The
related to Opening of the Atlantic · 18
Pangaea → Africa, African, Another, Atlantic, Early-Middle Jurassic, High, Ladinian, Ma, North America, North Atlantic Ocean, One, Pacific Ocean, Saharan, Tethys Ocean, The, The Atlantic Ocean, Then, Tunisian Atlas Mountains
related to Previous supercontinents · 18
Pangaea → According, Baltica, Columbia, Columbia/Nuna, Congo Craton, Ga, Gondwana, Iapetus Ocean, Laurasia, Laurentia, Nuna, Paleoasian Ocean, Pannotia, Proto-Laurasia, Proto-Tethys Ocean, Rodinia, Siberia, The
related to Geography during the Permian · 17
Pangaea → By, Carboniferous, Europe, Gondwana, Its, Late Permian, Laurasia, Neotethys Ocean, North America, Other, Paleo-Tethys, Pangea, Panthalassa, Permian, South America, The, Wegnerian
related to Monsoons and rainfall · 17
Pangaea → Australia, By, Carboniferous, Central Pangaean Mountains, Central Pangean Mountains, Colorado Plateau, During, Eastern North America, Europe, Gondwana, However, In, Jurassic, Laurasia, Permian, Southern Hemisphere, Triassic

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ocean gondwana south supercontinent permian carboniferous triassic climate ma jurassic continents early north africa tethys america continental southern antarctica india

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Pangaeais amost recent supercontinent to have existed and was the first to be reconstructed by geologists0.90text
Pangaearelated to Break-up of GondwanaThe0.60section
Pangaearelated to Break-up of GondwanaEarly Cretaceous0.60section
Pangaearelated to Break-up of GondwanaMa0.60section
Pangaearelated to Break-up of GondwanaGondwana0.60section
Pangaearelated to Break-up of GondwanaAfrica0.60section
Pangaearelated to Break-up of GondwanaSouth America0.60section
Pangaearelated to Break-up of GondwanaIndia0.60section
Pangaearelated to Break-up of GondwanaAntarctica0.60section
Pangaearelated to Break-up of GondwanaAustralia0.60section
Pangaearelated to Break-up of GondwanaTethyan Trench0.60section
Pangaearelated to Break-up of GondwanaSouth Indian Ocean0.60section

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