Pangaea
Pangaea or Pangea wis a supercontinent that exeestit during the late Paleozoic an early Mesozoic eras.[1][2] It assembled from earlier continental units approximately 335 million years ago, and it began to break apart about 175 million years ago.[3] In contrast tae the present Yird an its distribution o continental mass, much o Pangaea wis in the soothren hemisphere an surroondit bi a superocean, Panthalassa. Pangaea wis the maist recent supercontinent tae hae exeestit an the first tae be reconstructit bi geologists.
References
[eedit | edit soorce]- ↑ Lovett, Richard A. (5 September 2008). "Supercontinent Pangaea Pushed, Not Sucked, Into Place". National Geographic News.
- ↑ "Pangea". Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. 2015.
- ↑ Rogers, J.J.W.; Santosh, M. (2004). Continents and Supercontinents. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 146. ISBN 0-19-516589-6.
