Supercontinent
"Supercontinent" in a Sentence (5 examples)
About 250 million years ago, the continents came together to form a supercontinent called Pangea.
About 250 million years ago, all the continents we see today were one big supercontinent called Pangaea.
About 800 million years ago, all the continents were pushed together. We call this supercontinent Rodinia.
For a supercontinent to form requires a significant volume of continental crustal fragments that survive recycling into the mantle.
Some 200 million years ago, the rocks that became the Palisades cliffs just across the Hudson River from Manhattan formed during volcanic activity that helped rip apart the ancient supercontinent Pangea.
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