Adamastor Ocean
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title:
Adamastor Ocean
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The Adamastor Ocean was a "proto-Atlantic" ocean that formed with the break-up of the Rodinia supercontinent c. 780–750 Ma. It separated the Río de la Plata Craton from the Congo Craton. The inversion of the Adamastor Ocean began about 640 Ma with the development of a large back-arc basin along the western margin of the Kalahari Craton, and the ocean closed when Río de la Plata collided with Kalahari about 545 Ma along the sinistral Sierra Ballena Shear Zone. The São Francisco Craton and the Río
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Precambrian "proto-Atlantic" ocean in the Southern Hemisphere
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamastor_Ocean
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2024-01-04T03:19:02Z
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