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Definitions of supercontinent in various dictionaries:
A large hypothetical continent, especially Pangaea, that is thought to have split into smaller ones in the geologic past.
SUPERCONTINENT - In geology, a supercontinent is the assembly of most or all of Earth's continental blocks or cratons to form a single large landmass. However, the de...
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Large early landmass |
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In geology, a supercontinent is the assembly of most or all of Earth's continental blocks or cratons to form a single large landmass. However, the definition of a supercontinent can be ambiguous. Many earth scientists use the term supercontinent to mean "a clustering of nearly all continents". This definition leaves room for interpretation when labeling a continental body and is easier to apply to Precambrian times. Using the first definition provided here, Gondwana is not considered a supercontinent, because the landmasses of Baltica, Laurentia and Siberia also existed at the same time but physically separate from each other. The landmass of Pangaea is the collective name describing all of these continental masses when they were most recently near to one another. This would classify Pangaea as a supercontinent. According to the modern definitions, a supercontinent does not exist today. Supercontinents have assembled and dispersed multiple times in the geologic past (see table). The po |