Rheic Ocean

The Rheic Ocean (/ˈrɪk/; RAY-ik) was an ocean which separated two major paleocontinents, Gondwana and Laurussia (Laurentia-Baltica-Avalonia). One of the principal oceans of the Paleozoic, its sutures today stretch 10,000 km (6,200 mi) from Mexico to Turkey and its closure resulted in the assembly of the supercontinent Pangaea and the formation of the VariscanAlleghenianOuachita orogenies.[1]

  1. ^ Nance et al. 2010, Introduction

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