Gondwana

Gondwana, the southern half of the ancient supercontinent Pangea and a supercontinent in its own right, was composed of the continents and landmasses that we now call Antarctica, South America, Africa, Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand, the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian subcontinent. A supercontinent is a large landmass that is made up of several continents and a subcontinent is a large distinguishable part of a continent, an example being the part of Asia which contains India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

worldwide. Ordovician Period The Ordovician Period lasted almost 45 million years. During this period, most of the area was almost entirely ocean, and most of the world's land was collected into the southern supercontinent Gondwana. Throughout the Ordovician, Gondwana was submerged underwater. This period is best known for its animals, including graptolites, trilobites, brachiopods, and the conodonts. Plants invaded the land during this period. The most recent types of like animal was tetrahedral

“Where two continental plates meet, mountains form, earthquakes rattle, and volcanoes erupt.” Stated in paragraph one of “If you Traveled to Gondwana...” Earthquakes cause a lot of damage to buildings, injure and take people's lives, and shifts the land. To start with, an earthquake that measured 7.1 on the Richter Scale and shook the ground for 15 seconds caused six billion dollars in final repair. As stated in source 3, “Much of the destruction centered on the region's roadways, and some of

The Purisima Formation is extensively allocated “in central California from coastal exposures at Point Reyes in Marin County to more extensive exposures in the Santa Cruz Mountains from the coast in San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties inland to the San Andreas Fault.” These scattered visible rock formations are part of the Purisima Formation because they all share a few specific characteristics: They all have interbedded mudstone, siltstones, and very fine-grained sandstones, with abundant shell debris

For a long period, up till now, I loved the early life of earth. Kimberella, Dickinsonia, and, later in time, Hylonomus were some of the creatures I studied. To find out, I went online to look around. The first question I looked at, to me at least, was the diversity of life in the early periods of life, specifically the Ordovician. To find out the answer, we must go back in time, at the beginning of the Ordovician in fact, to find out the answer. I started my research on this topic by surfing the

There are two major misconceptions relating to the breakup of Pangaea: The first is that additional ocean was not created when Pangaea rifted apart. As new areas between the continents opened up, the water from Panthalassa (the ocean surrounding Pangaea) filled in those areas. By this process, the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans were formed. The second is that breakup of Pangaea was not Earth's first supercontinent separating into our modern continents. There is evidence that Earth has experienced

Gondwana, one of the most influential Latin American reggae bands, is ready to ‘Reggae & Roll’ Señor Frogs Miami, in September. The Chileans Gondwana will hit the Señor Frogs’ stage for the first time, in September 11. Eventually, the contrast of this idiosyncratic venue with the rhythms of the popular group shall be the icing on the cake to complement the Señor Frogs fiesta. Also, opening the locals Uma Galera will be the opening act. For 25 years, Gondwana delivered through their music, a message

Mesozoic eras and approximately 120 million years ago, Pangea split into two smaller sections called Gondwana and Laurasia. Gondwana formed prior to Pangea , and later on became part of it. However, after the break-up of Pangaea, Gondwana possessed most of the regions in today’s Southern Hemisphere, including Australia, Africa, Antarctica and South America. Similarly, around 180 million years ago, Gondwana also began to split up. Africa and South America beginning to drift away, leaving just India, Madagascar

Geological evidence further proves the Gondwana theory that depicts Australia and Antarctica as being joined 20 million years ago as stated by the Australian Governments Antarctic Division. The first piece of geological evidence linking Australia and Antarctica is the Cratons and Orogens. Cratons are stable parts of tectonic plates and Orogens are parts where tectonic plates have collided to create mountains. The geology of the Albany-Fraser Orogen located on the south side of Western Australia has

the movement of the continents has had a generous role throughout evolution, effecting and distributing flora and fauna. The Earth’s continents were once one, a large supercontinent called Pangea that later separated into two smaller ones known as Gondwana and Laurasia. The separation and collision of continents has not only created some of the valleys and mountain ranges which are significant landmarks on the Earth’s surface, but it has also brought species together and apart again, consequently letting