Most of us embrace the idea that all of the continents of the Earth were once part of a single, huge land. When I was a geologist, this was not the case in the early 19th Ten. Alfred Wegener (1880–1930) first published the theory of phenomena, not just the supercontinent Pangaea. Continental drift It disassembled from the classroom world map into a series of shapes that we all know. But as humorously explained Above map men’s videoWegener did not live to see these ideas convince the world. Only after his death other scientists understood how geological confusion under the surface of the earth first drifted through the continent.
With that information being introduced, Pangaea didn’t look like the crackpot concept that Wegener had when he first proposed. Even today, what is less highly regarded is the determination, as the map man said, “Pangea was not the original Supercontinent, but was actually the 11th formed in Earth’s history.”
The continents appear to fall apart periodically and reunited, with no signs of the process ceased. So, when will you return to Super Continent and find yourself? It’s probably 250 million years ago,novopangea“The model is explained in the video. This model features Antarctica floating north while Australia slots in East Asia and North America.
Other models also exist Orika“Eurasia is split in half, with both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans in close-up.” Pangea Ultima“The place where the UK approaches America.” and Amacia“where all continents except Antarctica gather around the Arctic” (its drift pattern looks like the “lazy continent”). In this type of time scale, small changes in basic assumptions can actually result in super content with a very different appearance. Nevertheless, in this age, when we barely go for a week without encountering the prediction of human imminent extinction, it is refreshing to find a subject that we can consider to see in 1.5 billion years.
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Evolution of Earth’s Plate Structure Over 500 Million Years: Animated Videos Take You From Pangaea to 250 Million Years in the Future
Map showing where today’s country is in Pangaea
Pangaea from present to future: See animation showing 500 million years of continental drift
Paper animation tells the strange story of how meteorologists theorized Pangaea & Continental Drift (1910)
Website where you can find your home address on Pangea
Based in Seoul Colin marshall Write and broadcasting stationTS about cities, languages, and culture. His projects include the Substack Newsletter Books about cities And the book The Stateless City: Walking through 21st century Los Angeles. Follow him on social networks previously known as Twitter @colinmarshall.
