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How Pangaea Became 7 Separate Continents
To really learn what was behind the breakup of Pangaea, they would need to venture all the way to the ocean floor. From the ...
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Scientists Uncover Explosive ‘Fountains of Diamonds’ During Supercontinent Breakups
Gernon explains that kimberlites often occur during periods of significant tectonic plate rearrangements, such as the breakup ...
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In The Far Future There Will Be Only One Supercontinent On Earth, Too Hot For Most Species To Survive
But life finds a way. At the time the ancestors of mammals and dinosaurs were among the survivors, repopulating all the continents after Pangea started to break up.
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Jurassic Period
At the start of the period, the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea continued and accelerated. Laurasia, the northern half, broke up into North America and Eurasia. Gondwana, the southern half ...