Pan-African Ocean
The Pan-African Ocean is a hypothesized paleo-ocean whose closure created the supercontinent of Pannotia. The ocean may have existed before the break-up of the supercontinent of Rodinia. The ocean closed before the beginning of the Phanerozoic Eon, when the Panthalassa ocean expanded, and was eventually replaced by it.
See also
- Mirovia – Hypothesized superocean surrounding the supercontinent Rodinia in the Neoproterozoic Era
- Pan-African orogeny – Series of major mountain-forming events in the Neoproterozoic
References
- ↑ Linnemann, Ulf; R. Damian Nance; Petr Kraft; Gernold Zulauf (2007). The Evolution of the Rheic Ocean: From Avalonian-Cadomian Active Margin to Alleghenian-Variscan Collision. Geological Society of America. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-8137-2423-2.
- ↑ Caby, R.; Bertrand, J.M.L.; Black, R. (1981), "Chapter 16 Pan-African Ocean Closure and Continental Collision in the Hoggar-Iforas Segment, Central Sahara", Developments in Precambrian Geology, vol. 4, Elsevier, pp. 407–434, doi:10.1016/S0166-2635(08)70021-5, ISBN 978-0-444-41910-1, retrieved 2026-09-28
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