Siberia (continent)

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Partial (Incomplete) history of Siberia in chronological order

• ~2.5 billion years ago (Siderian
  Siderian
  
  The Siderian is the first geologic geologic period in the Paleoproterozoic era and lasted from 2500 annum to 2300 Ma . Instead of being based on stratigraphy, these dates are defined chronometrically....
  ), Siberia was part of a continent of 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....
  , along with the Canadian Shield
  Canadian Shield
  
  The Canadian Shield — also called the Laurentian Plateau, or Bouclier Canadien — is a massive shield covered by a thin layer of soil that forms the nucleus of the North American craton....
  
• ~1.1 billion years ago (Stenian
  Stenian
  
  The Stenian is the final geologic geologic period in the Mesoproterozoic era and lasted from 1200 annum to 1000 Ma . Instead of being based on stratigraphy, these dates are defined chronometrically....
  ), Siberia became 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....
   of 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 ....
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• ~750 million years ago (Cryogenian
  Cryogenian
  
  The Cryogenian is a geologic period that lasted from . The Sturtian and Marinoan glaciations, which are the greatest ice ages known to have occurred on Earth and may have covered the entire planet, occurred during this period....
  ), Rodinia broke up, and Siberia became part of the minor supercontinent of Protolaurasia.
• ~600 million years ago (Ediacaran
  Ediacaran
  
  The Ediacaran Period is the last geological period of the Neoproterozoic Era and of the Proterozoic Eon, immediately preceding the Cambrian Period, the first period of the Paleozoic Era and of the Phanerozoic Eon....
  ), Protolaurasia became part of the major southern supercontinent of 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....
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• ~550 million years ago (Ediacaran
  Ediacaran
  
  The Ediacaran Period is the last geological period of the Neoproterozoic Era and of the Proterozoic Eon, immediately preceding the Cambrian Period, the first period of the Paleozoic Era and of the Phanerozoic Eon....
  ), Pannotia broke up and Protolaurasia split up and became the continents of 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....
  , Baltica
  Baltica
  
  Baltica redirects here. For the Russian beer, see Baltika BreweriesBaltica is a name applied by geologists to a late-Proterozoic, early-Palaeozoic continent that now includes the East European craton of northwestern Eurasia....
  , and Siberia.
• ~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 ....
  , Siberia was an independent continent.
• ~Carboniferous
  Carboniferous
  
  The Carboniferous is a geologic period that extends from the end of the Devonian period, about 359.2 ? 2.5 annum , to the beginning of the Permian period, about 299.0 ? 0.8 Ma ...
  , Siberia collided with the minor continent of Kazakhstania
  Kazakhstania
  
  Kazakhstania, also known as the Kazakhstan Block, is a small continental region in the interior of Asia. It consists of that area north and east of the Aral Sea, south of the Siberian craton and west of the Altai Mountains and Lake Balkhash....
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• ~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...
  , Siberia and Kazakhstania collided with Baltica
  Baltica
  
  Baltica redirects here. For the Russian beer, see Baltika BreweriesBaltica is a name applied by geologists to a late-Proterozoic, early-Palaeozoic continent that now includes the East European craton of northwestern Eurasia....
  , thus completing the formation of the 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....
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• ~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 split up into the two minor supercontinents of 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. and 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...
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• ~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....
  , Laurasia gradually split up into the 2 continents of North America
  North America
  
  North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
   and 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....
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• ~Eocene
  Eocene
  
  The Eocene Geologic time scale is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Palaeogene period in the Cenozoic era....
  , The minor continent of India
  India
  
  India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
   collided into Asia
  Asia
  
  Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
  , generating the Himalaya.
• ~Present day, Siberia is part of the continent of Asia which is part of 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....
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• ~250 million years in the future, Siberia may be in the subtropical region and part of a new supercontinent of Pangaea Ultima
  Pangaea Ultima
  
  Pangaea Ultima is a possible future supercontinent configuration and an alternative to the Amasia supercontinent. Consistent with the supercontinent cycle, Pangaea Ultima could occur within the next 250 million years....
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• ~400 million years in the future, Pangaea Ultima may disintegrate, but Siberia may remain attached to Eurasia.

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