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protocontinent
ˈprotocontinent Geol. [f. proto- + continent n.] = supercontinent. Hence ˌprotocontiˈnental a.1958 L. King in Continental Drift (Univ. of Tasmania) 13 Recent studies..suggest once more the validity of continental drift, with two proto-continents Laurasia and Gondwana. 1968 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 2 Mar. 48...
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supercontinent
ˈsupercontinent Geol. [super- 6 c.] One of the large land masses that are thought to have existed in the geological past and from which two or more of the present continents are thought to be derived; = protocontinent. Cf. Gondwanaland, Laurasia, Pangæa.1963 Sci. Amer. Apr. 89/1 According to Wegener...
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Tawa hallae
and the Ischigualasto Formation Nesbit et al. (2009) observed that each was descended from a separate lineage, and inferred that the "South American" protocontinent
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Great Lakes tectonic zone
This gneissic terrane originally extended several hundred kilometers east to west, making it more of a protocontinent than a future Superior province belt During the formation of the GLTZ, the MRV protocontinent consumed the Superior province's oceanic crust as the subprovince came in from the south.
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proto-
proto- (prəʊtəʊ) before a vowel or h properly prot- (prəʊt), or with h (prəʊθ), repr. Gr. πρωτο-, combining form of πρῶτος first, which became πρωτ- before a simple, and πρωθ- before an aspirated vowel. In compounds already used in Greek, and many of later formation, the Greek practice (represented ...
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