Pannotia: Difference between revisions

==Origin of concept==

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J. D. A. Piper was probably the first to propose a Proterozoic supercontinent preceding Pangaea, today known as [[Rodinia]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Piper|1976}} </ref><ref>For a more detailed description of the concept(s) of the supercontinent cycle see: {{Harvnb|Nance|Murphy|Santosh|2014|loc=Indications of pre-Pangean supercontinents, pp. 6, 8}}</ref> At that time he simply referred to it as "the Proterozoic super-continent",<ref>{{Harvnb|Piper|1976|loc=Geological and Geophysical implications, p. 478}}</ref> but much later he named this "symmetrical crescent-shaped analogue of Pangaea" 'Palaeopangaea' and in 2000 he still insisted that there is neither a need nor any evidences for Rodinia or its daughter supercontinent Pannotia or a series of other proposed supercontinents since Archaean times.<ref>{{Harvnb|Piper|2000|loc=Abstract}}; {{Harvnb|Piper|2010|loc=Abstract}}</ref>