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Description: The supercontinent Rodinia 900 million years ago. Reconstruction from Li et al. 2008. View centred on -30,130. Continents are Laurentia in the middle and (clockwise from top) Tarim, Australia, South China, Siberia, North China, Arctic blocks, Rockall, Chortis, Baltica, Oaxacia, Amazonia, Pampia, West Africa, Hoggar, Sao Francisco, Congo, Sahara, Rio de la Plata, Kalahari, Dronning Maud Land, Rayner, India, Mawson (East Antarctica). Made using GPlates and datasets included here: Li, Z. X.; Bogdanova, S. V.; Collins, A. S.; Davidson, A.; De Waele, B.; Ernst, R. E.; Fitzsimons, I. C. W.; Fuck, R. A.; Gladkochub, D. P.; Jacobs, J.; Karlstrom, K. E.; Lul, S.; Natapov, L. M.; Pease, V.; Pisarevsky, S. A.; Thrane, K.; Vernikovsky, V. (2008). "Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodinia: A synthesis". Precambrian Research. 160 (1–2): 179–210.
Title: Rodinia 900Ma
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