Rare rocks buried deep in central Australia have revealed how a valuable niobium deposit formed during the breakup of an ...
Before Pangea, Earth may have been dominated by a supercontinent called Pannotia. Once considered a key piece in the puzzle ...
Pannotia holds an odd place in Earth science. It is mentioned in textbooks and review papers, but its outline is unclear. The ...
The “Boring Billion” is an informal description of a billion-year-period of Earth history (1.8 billion to 800 million years ago) where tectonics, climate, and biological evolution remained ...
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The breakup of ancient supercontinents has been a catalyst for geological upheaval, sparking fears that a similar event could ...