Tag Archives: Pangea

Main image: A 1930 photograph of German meteorologist and geologist Alfred Wegener. Inset: An early computer-assisted reconstruction of Pangea, fitting many of the current continents together.
1912: Alfred Wegener and the Theory of Continental Drift

Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift, initially met with skepticism, fundamentally changed geology with the later discovery of tectonic plates

A NASA satellite composite image showing Antarctica centered on the South Pole, with the continent covered in ice, snow, and glaciers, and sea ice encompassing major bays and inlets
c. 35 Million BCE: Antarctica’s Dynamic Geological History

Antarctica, often perceived as a remote icy land, has undergone significant changes over time. Originally part of Gondwana and later Pangea, it separated from Australia around 35 million years ago, leading to the formation of [...]

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 [...]

An artistic global map depicting the supercontinent Pangea around 250 to 300 million years ago, showing the initial separation of what would become North America from the northern edge of future Africa.
c. 300 Million BCE: Pangea – The Ancient Supercontinent

Delves into the formation of Pangea, the ancient supercontinent, over 300 million years ago, through a series of continent-continent collisions, highlighting the concept of continental drift proposed by Alfred Wegener and supporting evidence from fossils [...]