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[nc26]

Just recently read upon this subject, don't know how many of you know of/about this, but the land on Earth used to be one huge lump, called Pangaea, about 300 million years ago. This was before the dinosaurs went extinct, and all of our countries and continents were joined together as one piece of land, and obviously over time it separated into today's world as we know it.

So what am i trying to get at here? I was just wondering if the land on our earth can still move about/change course/split apart/clump back together again.

For anyone that's curious: Pangaea Super Continent

Edited by nc26, 21 February 2012 - 08:41 PM.

[likekites]

Stuff like this really interests me! fascinates might even be a better word for it!

[NDriver]

Its allways moving, the plates of the earths crusts are allways moving. Albeit very slowly, but thats the reason for mountain ranges as they push against each other, earthquakes etc as they rub against each other aswell as bash into each other and what not.
Sorry if my explination is garbage, i blame the beer .... i had last friday.

[Lew-ej9]

NDriver, on 21 February 2012 - 08:49 PM, said:

Its allways moving, the plates of the earths crusts are allways moving. Albeit very slowly, but thats the reason for mountain ranges as they push against each other, earthquakes etc as they rub against each other aswell as bash into each other and what not.
Sorry if my explination is garbage, i blame the beer .... i had last friday.

Also how volcanos are formed and erupt.

[Teague]

it is moving now! that's the tectonics plate theory. The horn of Africa is splitting of from main land Africa through a 60km crack going through Ethiopia

Also there is a mid ocean ridge which goes through the centre of the Atlantic ocean, this causes the crust to spread so we get 25mm per year further away from America!

[NDriver]

Lew-ej9, on 21 February 2012 - 08:54 PM, said:

Also how volcanos are formed and erupt.

That too but i was typing with my little finger whilst eating steak so skipped it. Was it not only me who learned this in geography at school ?

[nc26]

Teague, on 21 February 2012 - 08:55 PM, said:

it is moving now! that's the tectonics plate theory. The horn of Africa is splitting of from main land Africa through a 60km crack going through Ethiopia

Also there is a mid ocean ridge which goes through the centre of the Atlantic ocean, this causes the crust to spread so we get 25mm per year further away from America!

Ha, i thought so! So from what you're saying, is africa splitting apart now then?

NDriver, on 21 February 2012 - 08:58 PM, said:

That too but i was typing with my little finger whilst eating steak so skipped it. Was it not only me who learned this in geography at school ?

School was a while ago... especially geography!

[Lew-ej9]

NDriver, on 21 February 2012 - 08:58 PM, said:

Lew-ej9, on 21 February 2012 - 08:54 PM, said:

Also how volcanos are formed and erupt.

That too but i was typing with my little finger whilst eating steak so skipped it. Was it not only me who learned this in geography at school ?

I vaguely remember a lesson or 2 on this.

[streaky]

That's GCSE geography

[dart]

south america and africa fit

streaky, on 21 February 2012 - 10:22 PM, said:

That's GCSE geography

and this!

[J90CVC]

streaky, on 21 February 2012 - 10:22 PM, said:

That's GCSE geography

[Alex]

Some story on the BBC site the other day about Alaska and Russia gonna join up in the future. Some countries like that anyway.

[hondatunerguy]

Guess u guys never heard of the great flood *whistles* and gets popcorn

[nc26]

Africa and South America fit pretty well!

[Counteract]

The plates moving etc. is also something vaguely to do with Iceland still growing. 'Only' something like an inch a year but over time that's pretty impressive!

[billy786_1988]

Touching up on this on BBC1 now

[Porker]

billy786_1988, on 01 March 2012 - 08:22 PM, said:

Touching up on this on BBC1 now

Touching up on it?



Perv

[billy786_1988]

Hahahaha! I meant some show was on