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Geologists think that the present-day continents as soon as shaped a unmarried landmass that has considering the fact that damaged aside. ● H N T G A N E P A Pangaea Panthalassa A 250 million years in the past 2 hundred million years in the past there has been only one landmass in the world. it's often called Pangaea, that's Greek for “all land. ” ● The continental crust that makes up today’s landmasses used to be part of Pangaea. ● the nice ocean that coated the remainder of the globe is termed Panthalassa, this means that “all sea. ” ● a hundred and eighty million years in the past U R A S I A L A a hundred and eighty million years in the past North Atlantic break up by way of a hundred and eighty million years in the past Pangaea had all started to damage up. ● the 1st break up to ensue spread out what grew to become the North Atlantic and Indian oceans. The landmass to the north of this cut up is named Laurasia and the landmass to the south as Gondwana. ● Antarctica additionally break up clear of Pangaea and began to float slowly southward. ● India break up from Antarctica and started to float northward. ● Indian Ocean cut up G O N D W A N A a hundred million years in the past a hundred million years in the past Labrador Sea Asia North Atlantic Indian Ocean Africa South Atlantic through a hundred million years in the past the North Atlantic and Indian Ocean splits had grown wider. ● Africa and South the USA had began to split because the South Atlantic Ocean started to open up. ● The Labrador Sea, which ultimately separated Greenland from North the United States, had additionally began to open. ● India used to be relocating strongly northward on a collision direction with the southern coast of Asia. ● South the USA India Australia Antarctica © Diagram visible details Ltd. North the United States 28 GEOLOGY OF THE OCEANS keyword phrases fresh continental float 60 million years in the past continental flow ocean Asia North the United States North Atlantic 60 million years in the past via 60 million years in the past South the US had separated from Africa thoroughly and used to be drifting towards collision with the southern tip of North the United States. ● The North Atlantic endured to widen and at last indifferent North the United States from Europe altogether. ● India endured to maneuver northward. ● Australia remained hooked up to Antarctica. ● Africa India South the USA Australia Antarctica cutting-edge this day North the USA and Europe are separated via an ever-widening North Atlantic Ocean. ● South the USA and Africa are separated via an ever-widening South Atlantic Ocean. ● Greenland has develop into remoted from North the United States and Europe. ● India has impacted with Asia. ● North and South the US have joined. ● Australia has separated from Antarctica and migrated northward. ● modern day Greenland North the US Asia North Atlantic Africa South the US India South Atlantic Australia 50 million years sooner or later either the North and South Atlantic can have persevered to develop wider. ● Australia may have persevered its northward float. ● India could have been propelled eastward with the remainder of Asia. ● Africa can have drifted slowly northward, final the Mediterranean. ● Africa’s Rift valley may have widened to shape the beginnings of a brand new ocean. ● The pink Sea may have widened and develop into non-stop with the Mediterranean.