Talk:Paleocontinent

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Definition

It's pretty clear that a paleocontinent is just a continent that existed in the past, but I'm having great trouble finding a source for that - if anyone can help I would be grateful. Mikenorton (talk) 10:46, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Critique (GEOG430)

This article is lacking in information on paleocontinents. There is only one example present in this article and there is research that has been done to predict how the change in land masses has effected the global climate and the distribution of terrestrial species. The one example in this article does have a reliable source and is a good example, the only issue is that there are many other examples of continents coming together and breaking apart. This stub has great potential to become a place to find information on past continents and how they shaped the Earth's environment throughout time. The source also comes from an academic institution which is good. However, the article is not balanced and appears to be quickly thrown together. The article only talks about the one event and does not include any other examples. The article does have a neutral point of view which is good and does not appear to be one sided. The article is so short so it is very clear and easy to read and find information. Overall the article is doing well it just needs to be expanded upon. There are many other events that can be sited here to give more insight to how changes in the area of continental masses effected the way the Earth was, in terms of climate and distribution of species. EmilyJadeski (talk) 04:13, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Peer Review (GEOG430) I think that this article is a good start to a topic that can be developed on quite a bit more. It is clear to me that the voice of the different writers is very neutral and there is no preference for any one point of view, however it might be important to add some different POVs that could help to bring this stub to life a little. The grammar and spelling in the article was all good, I could not identify any real problems there. The sources cited both seem to be legit and from reliable sources from what I was able to tell. As the most recent critique said, there just needs to be more content added, even if that content dives of into different niches of paleocontinents like change in land masses effecting the global climate. I think that the lead section is also something that should be focused on going forward because it is a little bit myopic with specific examples instead of why paleocontinents might be important to us. I look forward to seeing this article develop further as it is added to! GEOG430Anon (talk) 18:36, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

Update

I added a table of a few larger more well known continents and some information about them. Feel free to change or add on to the table!EmilyJadeski (talk) 06:18, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Unbalanced

The article as it stands is rather unbalanced, with too much information on just a few paleocontinents. There also remains the issue that there is no generally accepted definition of a paleocontinent. That being said, I can find support in reliable sources for the following paleocontinents: Siberia, a craton; São Francisco, another craton; Amazonia, Avalonia, Arabia–Nubia, Baltica, Congo, Central Asian Fold Belt, East Antarctica, East Svalbard, Greenland, India, Kalahari, Laurentia, Northern Australia, North China, Rio-Plata, Sahara, Southern Australia, South China, Tarim and West Africa - a set of cratons and terranes; São Francisco–Congo, a combined craton; KirghizKazakh (or Kazakhstan); Arabo-African (Cretaceous); Arctida (craton); Kangdian, North Vietnam and Yunkai; Jiangnan (S China); East European, a craton - part (or all) of Baltica; Cimmerian continent, Cathaysian continent; Laurussia (ORS continent). These are all in addition to the widely accepted supercontinents and other candidates such as Ur, Vaalbara, Arctica, Atlantica, Superia and Sclavia. Mostly this doesn't include terranes, such as island arcs, for example the Hun or Hunic superterrane does not appear to be described as a paleocontinent. Perhaps the important thing is that any recognised paleocontinent has to have some sort of cratonic core, although I don't have a source for that. Maybe this article should have a section for each stage in Earth's history, allowing the paleocontinents to be put in the context of the assembly and break-up of supercontinents over time. A list of paleocontinents has also been proposed, which could be used to tabulate those that I've listed above and any others that I've missed. Mikenorton (talk) 11:17, 13 November 2020 (UTC)