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How does Pangaea relate to continental drift?

Answer 1

Pangaea was formed about 300 million years ago formed by continental drift of earlier continents and broken apart about 175 million years ago by continued continental drift.

One of the most recent "super continents" to form and then fragment due to plate tectonics was Pangaea.

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Answer 2

Nova Anderson

Pangaea was the supercontinent that existed about 335 million years ago. Continental drift theory proposes that the Earth's continents were once joined together in a single landmass called Pangaea, and over time they drifted apart to their current positions. Pangaea is central to the concept of continental drift as it provides evidence of the movement of Earth's tectonic plates over geological time scales.

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