Why Did Pangaea Break Apart

The seven continents, Africa, Asia, Europe, north and south America, and Antarctica. We all are familiar with these continents and where they are placed, but do we really know where they come from? Or perhaps, where they were before? It’s simple really, Pangaea, the great and almighty supercontinent. However, if Pangaea was so great, then why did it break apart? More suitably, why did it form in the first place? Well, let’s find out, why the great Pangaea formed, and how it drifted apart.

In the early years, long before humans roamed the earth, there was a protocontinent it’s name was Gondwana. And of course Gondwana wasn’t as huge or mass as Pangaea was, that’s because Gondwana wasn’t alone. In fact, there was another protocontinent known

When the continents crashed into one another, without realizing it, formed the supercontinent known presently as Pangaea.

After the collision of Gondwana and Laurasia and the formation of Pangaea, all was calm, for at least 100 million years give or take. It was the colossal rents that began Pangea's breakup and the start of our world we know today.

The colossal rents are the precursor of two oceans, the commencement of the oceans we have come to know as the Atlantic and Indian oceans. Diverted back to the topic at hand here, the breakup of Pangaea has started as has its slow but sure dance of inches-per-year. This dance will make the shape of the world we all live in currently.

Far fetched you say? Well, my fine friend you would be correct on that part. the idea does seem a bit… obscure, however that does not mean that I have told lies, in fact, I believe you will start to realize the idea of a supercontinent to actually be real.

Let the evidence speak for itself, ancient plants and animals, or mountain belts, that are found on numerous continents. Such seeds as Glossopteris is an extinct plant that is found on many different and spread out continents, or perhaps coal deposits that are found in Pennsylvania are the same as those that are found in