Ural Ocean
The Ural Ocean (also called the Uralic Ocean) was a small, ancient ocean that was situated between Siberia and Baltica.[1] The ocean formed in the Late Ordovician epoch, when large islands from Siberia collided with Baltica, which was then part of the landmass Euramerica. The islands also caused Ural Ocean's precursor, Khanty Ocean to close.[2] By the Devonian Period, however, Ural Ocean begins to shrink because the Siberian continent and Kazakhstania microcontinent were closing in to Baltica. In the Latest Devonian to Mississippian periods, Ural Ocean became a seaway. Until the three collided in the Carboniferous, it created the Ural Mountains, completely closing the ocean, and forming the Pangaea supercontinent.
See also
- List of ancient oceans – List of Earth's former oceans
- Uralian orogeny – Long series of linear deformation and mountain building events that raised the Ural Mountains
References
- Levashova, N. M.; Degtyarev, K. E.; van der Voo, R.; Bazhenov, M. L.; Mikolaichuk, A. V.; McCausland, P. J. (2005-12-01). "What did the Ural Ocean look like?". AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005: GP13B–04. Bibcode:2005AGUFMGP13B..04L.
- Lin, Jia'en (2020-07-11). Proceedings of the International Field Exploration and Development Conference 2019. Springer Nature. pp. 3170–3173. ISBN 978-981-15-2485-1.
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