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Bookmark or Share- Nance Discusses Existence of Supercontinent Pannotia with Yale NewsYale News covers the debate about the existence of supercontinent Pannotia, posited by R. Damian Nance, in an article headlined Pannotia: A supercontinent on trial. Nance, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geology at Ohio University, is now a visiting fellow at Yale. In separate articles published recently by The Geological Society […]
- Damian Nance book provides new chapters on history of EarthNance’s work on the geologic record of the Earth combines the Supercontinent Cycle and the history of ocean closing and mountain building on either side of the North Atlantic in the time window between about 650 and 260 million years ago. In geologic time, that’s somewhere between the Earth’s first animals up through the Age of Dinosaurs.
- Nance Identifies Hidden Clues to Ancient Supercontinents, Confirms ...Ohio University geologist Dr. Damian Nance identifies evidence for Pannotia, a supercontinent predating Pangea, by examining the patterns of worldwide mountain building and rifting as the Earth’s land masses collide and break up, along with accompanying destruction and creation of climates and habitats in the wake of those tectonic changes. […]
- Nance: 'All Hell Breaking Loose on Earth' Indicates Another ...Earth’s landmasses have joined together into supercontinents and then split apart again as many as six times in the planet’s history. Pangea is the most famous supercontinent, but at least five pre-Pangean supercontinents — Rodinia, Columbia, Kenorland, Ur and Vaalbara — have been widely championed, mainly based on paleomagnetic data.
- Known for Supercontinent Cycle, Nance Receives Distinguished Scientist ...Dr Damian Nance, widely renowned for his supercontinent cycle research, was awarded the Atlantic Geoscience Society’s 2019 Distinguished Scientist Award, the Gesner Medal, at the society’s annual banquet Feb. 9, 2019. Nance is Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences at Ohio University. The Gesner Medal is presented to “a person who […]
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