Destined for a broad public, shows the nine most important stages in the break-up of this supercontinent, on the basis of recent scientific work. |
At longer time-scales, plate tectonic activity appears quasi-periodic and self-organizes into the supercontinent cycle. |
About 500m years later, its pieces reassembled to form yet another supercontinent, called Rodinia. |
The salt was formed in a sea that existed when the supercontinent Pangea broke up some 200 million years ago. |
Of the three domains, the Eastern Domain sits farthest inboard, i.e. closest to the core of the former Gondwana supercontinent. |
Amalgamation of the late Palaeozoic supercontinent Pangaea led to the collision of Gondwana with Laurasia forming the Variscan orogen. |