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.
Hi minkarhi yaliya ya masalela ya Dwyka, ndzhawu liya hinkwayo yitikume yiri ka xiyimo lexi aku ninginika eka sayense ya misava, loko ndzhawu ya Gondwanaland yisungula ku aveka kuva leswi namuntlha kunga matiko ya South America na tiko nkulu ra Afrika.