The breakup of the South Atlantic region, which led to the separation of the African and South American continents, is a well-known global phenomenon. In fact, the famous continental drift theory put ...

Palaeomagnetic comparisons between Europe and North America / S.K. Runcorn -- Geological evidence bearing upon continental drift / T.S. Westoll -- Palaeomagnetic data from the Gondwanic continents / K ...

A California paleontologist has created an interactive map that allows people to see how far their hometowns have moved over 750 million years of continental drift. The online map, designed by Ian ...

Back in the day (and by that, we mean around 230 million years ago), there used to be one big supercontinent called Pangea ...

v. 1. Drift of the Canadian Shield / J.A. Donaldson [and others] -- Geological interpretation of palaeomagnetic results from the African Precambrian / J.D.A. Piper -- Precambrian polar wander and ...

Continents and oceans have scientific definitions that underpin international law. The idea of dividing the world into geographical zones is ancient. Sovereignty and influence over natural resources ...

THE theory that the continents have shifted their positions during geological time and, possibly, are still in motion has lately excited much discussion. The principal obstacle to its acceptance is ...

Earth's continents are set to merge into a single landmass over the next 250 million years, an animation shows. The animation was posted Tuesday to Reddit, where it quickly gained over 3,500 comments ...

STUDENTS of fossils are interested in Wegener's theory that the continents are floating on a heavier layer of the earth's crust which, sometimes at least, becomes plastic and allows them to move ...

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