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    Plate Tectonics Supercontinent

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    The document discusses the supercontinent cycle of formation and breakup of supercontinents over geologic time. It describes how the supercontinent Pangaea formed 300 million years ago from the collision of smaller continents. Pangaea then began to break apart about 250 million years ago into the continents of Laurasia and Gondwanaland. The modern positions of continents were achieved between 50-70 million years ago as the pieces of Pangaea continued drifting apart. The supercontinent cycle of assembly and breakup repeats over billions of years.

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    Plate Tectonics Supercontinent

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    The document discusses the supercontinent cycle of formation and breakup of supercontinents over geologic time. It describes how the supercontinent Pangaea formed 300 million years ago from the collision of smaller continents. Pangaea then began to break apart about 250 million years ago into the continents of Laurasia and Gondwanaland. The modern positions of continents were achieved between 50-70 million years ago as the pieces of Pangaea continued drifting apart. The supercontinent cycle of assembly and breakup repeats over billions of years.

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    The document discusses the supercontinent cycle of formation and breakup of supercontinents over geologic time. It describes how the supercontinent Pangaea formed 300 million years ago from the collision of smaller continents. Pangaea then began to break apart about 250 million years ago into the continents of Laurasia and Gondwanaland. The modern positions of continents were achieved between 50-70 million years ago as the pieces of Pangaea continued drifting apart. The supercontinent cycle of assembly and breakup repeats over billions of years.

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    Plate Tectonics Supercontinent

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    The document discusses the supercontinent cycle of formation and breakup of supercontinents over geologic time. It describes how the supercontinent Pangaea formed 300 million years ago from the collision of smaller continents. Pangaea then began to break apart about 250 million years ago into the continents of Laurasia and Gondwanaland. The modern positions of continents were achieved between 50-70 million years ago as the pieces of Pangaea continued drifting apart. The supercontinent cycle of assembly and breakup repeats over billions of years.

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    PLATE TECTONICS

    The Supercontinent Cycle

    Pangea A Supercontinent DVD

    History of a Supercontinent DVD

    Wegeners Continental Drift


    The proposition first published in 1912.
    Continents can shift positions around the globe.

    Continents were once joined together to form one


    landmass. fit together like pieces of a jigsaw
    puzzle.
    Supercontinent PANGAEA

    The Supercontinent Cycle

    How Did Florida Develop?


    http://www.dep.state.fl.us/geology/geologic
    topics/movies/tectonic.mov

    The Supercontinent Cycle


    Several times in the past, the continents were
    arranged into large landmasses called
    supercontinents.
    Supercontinents broke apart to form smaller
    continents that moved around the globe. Eventually,
    the smaller continents joined again to form another
    supercontinent.

    The process by which supercontinents form and


    break apart over time is called the supercontinent
    cycle.

    The Supercontinent Cycle


    Formation of Pangaea
    The supercontinent Pangaea formed about 300 million
    years ago. (Paleozoic Era Pennsylvanian Period)
    Several mountain ranges, such as the Appalachian
    Mountains and the Ural Mountains (Russia) formed during
    the collisions that created Pangaea.
    A body of water called the Tethys Sea cut into the eastern
    edge of Pangaea.
    The single, large ocean that surrounded Pangaea was called
    Panthalassa.

    The Supercontinent Cycle


    Breakup of Pangaea

    About 250 million years ago (near end of the Paleozoic Era Permian
    Period), Pangaea began to break into two continentsLaurasia and
    Gondwanaland.

    Laurasia became the continents of North America and Eurasia.

    Gondwanaland became the continents of Africa, South America, India,


    Australia, and Antarctica.
    About 150 million years ago, a rift between the two new continents formed the
    South Atlantic Ocean.
    India eventually broke away and moved towards Eurasia.
    The Himalayans formed 60 million years ago when India
    and Eurasia collided.

    The Supercontinent Cycle


    The Modern Continents
    Between 50 and 70 million years ago, the
    continents moved into their present positions.

    As the continents drifted, they collided with terranes


    and other continents. New mountain ranges , such
    as the Rocky Mountains, the Andes, and the Alps,
    formed. Tectonic plate motion also caused new
    oceans to open up and caused others to close.

    The Supercontinent Cycle

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