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About 200 million years ago,there were no crustal plates to speak of.There was only one supper continent,pangea.This was an idea suggested by Alfred Weneger, a german scientist.According to him,Pangea broke into pieces (crustal plates) and slowly moved until they reached their present position
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Did the gravitational pull of the moon break Pangaea into pieces?
No. That was an early hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegener, but such a thing is not actually possible. Pangaea was broken apart by a process called rifting, which is driven by processes within Earth.
What significant tectonic activity occurred during the Mesozoic?
the break up of Pangaea
Water and wind can break rock into small pieces what happens to these small pieces when they break away?
become part of the soil
Show a map of Pangaea?
I have a Pangaea Map,and I got all the pieces to it and I know were they go,but I just don't know where 2 put the Greenland piece at.My aunt and I are having trouble with this but if anybody knows the answer,just send it 2 us.
Which organ in the mouth helped you break the bread into pieces?
The organ helped to break bread into pieces is our Teeth -Joyce -Lagro high -2nd -II- Narra
When did Pangaea begin to break up?
when did pangaea begin to break up
Did the gravitational pull of the moon break Pangaea into pieces?
No. That was an early hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegener, but such a thing is not actually possible. Pangaea was broken apart by a process called rifting, which is driven by processes within Earth.
When Pangaea begin to break apart?
The Pangaea began to break down about 200 billion years ago.
How did Laurasia and Gondwanaland form pangaea?
They did not form Pangaea. Pangaea came first and then broke into two pieces: Laurasia and Godwanaland!
When did pangaea brake in to two?
Pangaea broke into two pieces when it became old and died
What are the moving pieces at the worlds crust called?
Pangaea
During what era did Pangaea break up?
Pangaea began to break up in the early Mesozoic Era. Pangaea may have actually been the last of four super continents found on Earth.
What is Pangaea drifted into smaller pieces of continents but before that is was divide first into two major parts they are?
Pangaea separated because of heat buildup. The mantle underneath the thin oceanic crust (several miles thick) surrounding Pangaea lost more heat to the earth's surface than the mantle underneath Pangaea itself (tens of miles thick). This temperature difference altered the convection currents in the mantle and resulted in upward convection underneath Pangaea, which eventually caused it to break into separate pieces along newly-formed divergent boundaries.
When Pangaea break up?
In the triassic period
During which era did Pangaea start to break?
The Early Jurassic period saw many changes including the process of Pangaea starting to break apart.
Are the rockies mountains older than pangaea continent?
No, the Rockies formed as a consequence of the break-up of Pangaea.
When did the pieces of Pangaea drift apart?
about 175 million years ago.
