Rodinia was surrounded by the superocean Mirovia. According to J.D.A. Piper, Rodinia is one of two models for the configuration and history of the continental crust in the latter part of Precambrian times.

Rodinia, in geologic time, a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth for about 450 million years during the Proterozoic Eon (2.5 billion to 541 million years ago).

Jul 21, 2025 · Discover how Rodinia was formed, its characteristics, and the geological impact of this supercontinent.

Rodinia (from 'rodit', meaning 'to beget' or 'to give birth' in Russian) was a supercontinent that existed during the Neoproterozoic and was named as it was thought to have been the original supercontinent …

Rodinia, displaying a vast supercontinent where modern continents like Laurentia, Baltica, and Australia are fused together, enveloped by the ancient Mirovia Ocean.

Sep 15, 2025 · Rodinia was a supercontinent that existed during the Neoproterozoic era, somewhere between 500 million and 1.3 billion years ago. The breakup of Rodinia formed the fragments that …

Rodinia was a Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic supercontinent that assembled 1.26–0.90 billion years ago (Ga) and broke up 750–633 million years ago (Ma).

Dec 14, 2017 · Each supercontinent has its quirks, but one, called Rodinia, assembled from 1.3 to 0.9 billion years ago and broken up about 0.75 billion years ago, is particularly odd.

Geochronology of Neoproterozoic syn-rift magmatism in the Yangtze Craton, South China and correlations with other continents: evidence for a mantle superplume that broke up Rodinia.

It is very unlikely that Rodinia was the first supercontinent. However, it was certainly the first global supercontinent -- incorporating essentially all of the Earth's continents -- about which we have solid …