Tag Archives: Atlantic Ocean

A seagull at sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean, formed around 140 million years ago from a rift in Pangea that separated the North American and African tectonic plates
c. 140 Million BCE: Formation of the Atlantic Ocean – A Tectonic Tale

Explores the formation of the Atlantic Ocean as a result of Pangea's breakup, driven by lithospheric plate dynamics and massive volcanic eruptions, leading to the creation of the mid-Atlantic ridge and the largest mountain chain [...]