Around the same time as the Dwyka deposition, the entire region was subject to an extended period of geological turbulence, when Gondwanaland started splitting apart into what are now the South American and African continental landmasses.
Nga tshifhinga tshithihi na u vha hone ha Dwyka, vhupo hoṱhe ho vha hu fhasi ha tshithu tshihulwane tsha mupo tshe tsha vha tshi tshi khou tshimbila, musi Gondwanaland i tshi thoma u khethekanya ya bva zwipiḓa zwine zwino ri ya kona u zwivhona South American na kha mashango a Afrika.