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Baltica redirects here. For the Russian beer
Russian beer

Russian beer : in Russia, beer is number two alcoholic drink after Vodka, but is seen by many as a healthier almost non-alcoholic alternative ....
, see Baltika Breweries Baltica is a name applied by geologists to a late-Proterozoic
Proterozoic

The Proterozoic is a eon representing a period before the first abundant complex life on Earth. The Proterozoic Eon extended from 2500 annum to 542.0 ? 1.0 Ma , and is the most recent part of the old, informally named ?Precambrian? time....
, early-Palaeozoic continent
Continent

A continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, with seven regions commonly regarded as continents ? they are : Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia ....
 that now includes the East European craton
East European craton

The East European craton is the core of the Baltica proto-Tectonic plate and consists of three crustal regions/segments: Fennoscandia to the northwest, Volgo-Uralia to the east, and Sarmatian craton to the south....
 of northwestern Eurasia
Eurasia

Eurasia is a large landmass covering about 53,990,000 km? or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface . Often considered a single continent, Eurasia comprises the traditional continents of Europe and Asia, concepts which date back to classical antiquity and the borders for which are somewhat arbitrary....
. Baltica was created as an entity not earlier than 1.8 billion years ago. Before this time, the three segments/continents that now comprise the East European craton were in different places on the globe.






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Baltica redirects here. For the Russian beer
Russian beer

Russian beer : in Russia, beer is number two alcoholic drink after Vodka, but is seen by many as a healthier almost non-alcoholic alternative ....
, see Baltika Breweries
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Baltica is a name applied by geologists to a late-Proterozoic
Proterozoic

The Proterozoic is a eon representing a period before the first abundant complex life on Earth. The Proterozoic Eon extended from 2500 annum to 542.0 ? 1.0 Ma , and is the most recent part of the old, informally named ?Precambrian? time....
, early-Palaeozoic continent
Continent

A continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, with seven regions commonly regarded as continents ? they are : Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia ....
 that now includes the East European craton
East European craton

The East European craton is the core of the Baltica proto-Tectonic plate and consists of three crustal regions/segments: Fennoscandia to the northwest, Volgo-Uralia to the east, and Sarmatian craton to the south....
 of northwestern Eurasia
Eurasia

Eurasia is a large landmass covering about 53,990,000 km? or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface . Often considered a single continent, Eurasia comprises the traditional continents of Europe and Asia, concepts which date back to classical antiquity and the borders for which are somewhat arbitrary....
. Baltica was created as an entity not earlier than 1.8 billion years ago. Before this time, the three segments/continents that now comprise the East European craton were in different places on the globe. Baltica existed on a tectonic plate
Tectonic Plate

#REDIRECT Plate tectonics...
 called the Baltic Plate
Baltic Plate

The Baltic Plate was an ancient tectonic plate that existed from the Cambrian period to the Carboniferous period. The Baltic Plate collided against Siberia , to form the Ural Mountains about 500 million years ago....
.

Partial history of Baltica in chronological order

  • ~1.8 billion years ago, Baltica was part of the major supercontinent
    Supercontinent

    In geology, a supercontinent is a landmass comprising more than one continental core, or craton. The assembly of cratons and terrane that form Eurasia qualifies as a supercontinent today....
     Columbia
    Columbia (supercontinent)

    Columbia is the name of one of the Earth's oldest supercontinents. It was first proposed by J.J.W. Rogers and M. Santosh, and is thought to have existed approximately 1.8 to 1.5 billion years ago in the Paleoproterozoic era , making it the oldest hypothesized continent....
    .
  • ~1.5 billion years ago, Baltica along with Arctica
    Arctica

    Arctica was an ancient continent which formed approximately 2.5 billion years ago in the Neoarchean Era . It consisted of the Canadian Shield and Siberia Shield s, and is now roughly situated in the Arctic around the current North Pole....
     and East Antarctica
    East Antarctic craton

    The East Antarctic craton is an ancient craton that forms most of Antarctica. It was part of the Nena 1.8 billion years ago. During the early Paleozoic Era East Antarctica joined the Gondwana supercontinent....
     were part of the minor supercontinent Nena
    Nena (supercontinent)

    Nena was an ancient supercontinent that consisted of the cratons of Arctica, Baltica, and East Antarctic craton. Forming about 1.8 billion years ago, the continent was part of the global supercontinent, Columbia ....
    .
  • ~1.1 billion years ago, Baltica was part of the major supercontinent Rodinia
    Rodinia

    In geology, Rodinia is the name of a supercontinent, a continent which contained most or all of Earth's landmass. According to plate tectonic reconstructions, Rodinia existed between 1100 and 750 million years ago, in the Neoproterozoic era ....
    .
  • ~750 million years ago, Baltica was part of the minor supercontinent Protolaurasia.
  • ~600 million years ago, Baltica was part of the major supercontinent Pannotia
    Pannotia

    Pannotia, first described by Ian W. D. Dalziel in 1997, is a hypothetical supercontinent that existed from the Pan-African orogeny about 600 million years ago to the end of the Precambrian about 540 million years ago....
    .
  • ~Cambrian
    Cambrian

    The Cambrian is a geologic period that began about Mya at the end of the Proterozoic eon and ended about Ma with the beginning of the Ordovician period ....
    , Baltica was an independent continent.
  • ~late Ordovician
    Ordovician

    The Ordovician is a geologic period, the second of six of the Paleozoic era , and covers the time between 488.3?1.7 to 443.7?1.5 million years ago ....
    , Baltica collided with Avalonia
    Avalonia

    Avalonia was an ancient microcontinent or terrane whose history formed much of the older rocks of Western Europe, Atlantic Canada, and parts of the coastal United States....
     (most of modern Western Europe)
  • ~Devonian
    Devonian

    The Devonian is a geologic period of the Paleozoic era spanning from . It is named after Devon, England, where rocks from this period were first studied....
    , Baltica collided against Laurentia
    Laurentia

    Laurentia , like all craton land, was created as continents moved about the surface of the Earth , bumping into other continents and drifting away....
    , forming the minor supercontinent Euramerica
    Euramerica

    Euramerica was a minor supercontinent created in the Devonian as the result of a collision between the Laurentian and Baltica cratons .Euramerica became a part of the major supercontinent Pangaea in the Permian....
    .
  • ~Permian
    Permian

    The PermianThe term "Permian" was introduced into geology in 1841 by Sir Roderick Murchison, president of the Geological Society of London, who identified typical strata in extensive Russian explorations undertaken with Edouard de Verneuil; Murchison asserted in 1841 that he named his "Permian system" after the ancient kingdom...
    , all major continents collided against each other to form the major supercontinent Pangaea
    Pangaea

    Pangaea, Pang?a or Pangea was the supercontinent that existed during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras about 250 million years ago, before the component continents were separated into their current configuration....
    .
  • ~Jurassic
    Jurassic

    The Jurassic is a geologic period that extends from about annum to  Ma, that is, from the end of the Triassic to the beginning of the Cretaceous....
    , Pangaea rifted into two minor supercontinents, Laurasia
    Laurasia

    Laurasia was a supercontinent that most recently existed as a part of the split of the Pangaean supercontinent in the late Mesozoic era . It included most of the landmasses which make up today's continents of the northern hemisphere, chiefly Laurentia , Baltica, Siberia , Kazakhstania, and the North China Craton and East China Craton craton...
     and Gondwana
    Gondwana

    Gondwana , originally Gondwanaland is the name given to a southern precursor-supercontinent and then as a remnant separated from Laurasia 180- during the breakup of the Pangaea supercontinent that existed about 500 to 200 Annum ago into two large segments.    . Baltica was part of the minor supercontinent Laurasia.
  • ~Cretaceous
    Cretaceous

    The Cretaceous , usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide, is a geologic period from circa to million years ago . In the geologic timescale, the Cretaceous follows on the Jurassic period and is followed by the Paleogene period....
    , Baltica was part of the minor supercontinent Eurasia.
  • ~Present, Baltica is part of the forming minor supercontinent Afro-Eurasia
    Afro-Eurasia

    Afro-Eurasia or less commonly Afrasia or Eurafrasia are terms used to describe Eurasia and Africa as one continent. The constituent landmasses contain around 5.7 billion people, or roughly 85% of the world population....
    .


See also

  • Baltic Shield
    Baltic Shield

    The Baltic Shield is located in Fennoscandia , northwest Russia and under the Baltic Sea. The Baltic Shield is defined as the exposed Precambrian northwest segment of the East European Craton....
  • Baltic Plate
    Baltic Plate

    The Baltic Plate was an ancient tectonic plate that existed from the Cambrian period to the Carboniferous period. The Baltic Plate collided against Siberia , to form the Ural Mountains about 500 million years ago....