English Explanatory Dictionary

Vaalbara

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hypothetical early supercontinent which may have existed on Earth during the Archaean eon.

Word forms

Vaalbara

Etymology

Blend of Kaapvaal + Pilbara, coined by American geologist Eric Cheney in 1996.

Related words

Ur Kenorland Rodinia Pannotia Pangaea Gondwanaland Gondwana Laurasia
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