Paleo Tethys Sea
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The Paleo-Tethys Sea was an ancient body of saltwater that existed from the late Paleozoic Era until the early Jurassic Period. It formed as an eastward-opening embayment of the supercontinent Pangea, situated between the northern continent of Laurasia and the southern continent of Gondwana.12
Evidence of the Paleo-Tethys Sea is found in marine sediments now part of mountain ranges stretching across Asia, including Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Tibet, and China. This ancient sea was eventually eliminated by the collision of continental landmasses.1
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AsiaChronological summary…the Paleo-Tethys Ocean (also called Paleo-Tethys Sea), a giant triangular eastward-opening embayment of Pangea. A strip of continental material was torn away from the southern margin of the Paleo-Tethys and migrated northward, rotating around the western apex of the Tethyan triangle much like the action of a windshield wiper. That…
Read More…the Paleo-Tethys Ocean (also called Paleo-Tethys Sea), a giant triangular eastward-opening embayment of Pangea. A strip of continental material was torn away from the southern margin of the Paleo-Tethys and migrated northward, rotating around the western apex of the Tethyan triangle much like the action of a windshield wiper. That…
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Tethys SeaThe first, called the Paleo-Tethys Sea, or Paleo-Tethys Ocean, was created during the convergence of all landmasses into what would become the supercontinent of Pangea late in the Paleozoic Era. During the Permian and Triassic periods (approximately 300 to 200 million years ago), Paleo-Tethys formed an eastward-opening oceanic embayment…
Read MoreThe first, called the Paleo-Tethys Sea, or Paleo-Tethys Ocean, was created during the convergence of all landmasses into what would become the supercontinent of Pangea late in the Paleozoic Era. During the Permian and Triassic periods (approximately 300 to 200 million years ago), Paleo-Tethys formed an eastward-opening oceanic embayment…
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