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- Iceland are considered neither microcontinents nor continental fragments. Not all islands can be considered microcontinents: Borneo, the British Isles, Newfoundland...
- The Seyc****es Microcontinent is a microcontinent underlying Seyc****es in the western Indian Ocean made of Late Precambrian rock. The granite outcrops...
- 61.1671222°E / -12.1803083; 61.1671222 Mauritia was a Precambrian microcontinent that was situated between India and Madagascar until their separation...
- and Early Ordovician. The Rheic Ocean opened behind the Avalonian microcontinents. This independent movement of Avalonia started from a latitude of about...
- continental fragments such as Madagascar that are generally referred to as microcontinents. Continental crust is only known to exist on Earth. The idea of continental...
- The Jan Mayen Microcontinent is a fragment of continental crust within the oceanic part of the western Eurasian Plate lying northeast of Iceland. At the...
- Tectonic plates and microcontinents Adriatic Plate Aegean Sea Plate Anatolian Plate Eurasian Plate Iberian Plate Jan Mayen Microcontinent Moesian Plate Pelso...
- features termed microcontinents and continental fragments. If classified as a microcontinent, Zealandia would be the world's largest microcontinent. Its area...
- the older geology of western Europe existed as part of the ancient microcontinent Avalonia. Having lived side by side with agricultural peoples for millennia...
- are called microplates. Continent-sized blocks are called variously microcontinents, continental ribbons, H-blocks, extensional allochthons and outer highs...