rifting

Meaning

of Rift

Examples

By the beginning of the Jurassic, the supercontinent Pangaea had begun rifting into two landmasses, Laurasia to the north and Gondwana to the south. Source: Internet

Continental rifting, with associated subsidence, tends to produce such landlocked water bodies. Source: Internet

Another hypothesis involves extensive sea floor rifting and metamorphic decarbonation reactions releasing considerable amounts of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Source: Internet

Extensive lava flows and volcanic eruptions of Neoproterozoic age are found on most continents, evidence for large scale rifting about 750 million years ago. Source: Internet

Low temperatures may have been exaggerated during the early stages of continental rifting. Source: Internet

Sources for this large influx of carbon dioxide could be attributed to volcanic out-gassing due to North Atlantic rifting or oxidation of methane stored in large reservoirs deposited from the PETM event in the sea floor or wetland environments. Source: Internet

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