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Nena was the Early Proterozoic amalgamation of Baltica and Laurentia into a single "cratonic landmass" or minor supercontinent.
Name origins and supercontinent status[edit]
The name Nena, an acronym for Northern Europe–North America, was first proposed in 1990.[1] Since then several similar Proterozoic supercontinents have been proposed, including Nuna and Arctica, that include other Archaean cratons, such as Siberia and East Antarctica. Because Nena did not include several Archaean cratons, including those in India and Australia, it is strictly speaking not a supercontinent. Nena was the core of Columbia, or Nuna, a larger supercontinent with several proposed configurations.[2][3]
Assembly[edit]
Nena formed approximately 1,600 to 1,300 million years ago[4] through continental drift of four major landmasses in the Penokean, Makkovikan, Ketilidian, and Svecofennian orogenies.[1][2] In order of decreasing size, the landmasses were Laurentia (North American craton), Baltica (northwestern Eurasia), Siberia, and Antarctica.
Fragmentation[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b Mid-Proterozoic Laurentia-Baltica. Charles F. Gower, Toby Rivers, Arthur Bruce Ryan, Geological Association of Canada. St. John's, Nfld., Canada: Geological Association of Canada, Dept. of Earth Sciences. 1990. ISBN 0-919216-45-5. OCLC 26097480.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b Meert, Joseph G. (2011). "What's in a name? The Columbia (Paleopangaea/Nuna) supercontinent". Gondwana Research. 21 (4): 987–993. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2011.12.002. ISSN 1342-937X.
- ^ Rogers, John J.W.; Santosh, M. (2002). "Configuration of Columbia, a Mesoproterozoic Supercontinent". Gondwana Research. 5 (1): 5–22. doi:10.1016/s1342-937x(05)70883-2. ISSN 1342-937X.
- ^ Rogers, John J. W. (1996). "A History of Continents in the past Three Billion Years". The Journal of Geology. 104 (1): 91–107. doi:10.1086/629803. ISSN 0022-1376.