Plate tectonics

date feb 25
author none


http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072402466/student_view0/?chapter19/animations_and_movies.html
When Pangea was last formed as one conitnent it was about 235 million years ago.


http://www.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/rift_zone.html (Continental Breakup by Mantle Plumes)
This rift occured about 1.1 billion years ago. The lava turned into a rock called basalt.

http://www.scotese.com/earth.htm (Cambrian era)
The late Cambrian about 425 million years ago.

http://www.scotese.com/earth.htm (the future world)
The major mountain range which is now in North Africa is The Medditerranean Mountain Range. The two continents that North America will join are South America and Africa.