Publication: Tectonic Plates Come Apart at the Seams
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2008
Authors
Murphy, J. Brendam
Gutiérrez Alonso, Gabriel
Nance, R. Damian
Keppie, J. Duncan
Strachan, Robin A.
Dostal, Jaroslav
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The Scientific Research Society.
Abstract
Around the time that the first birds evolved from their reptilian ancestors, between 100 million and 200 million years ago, the Atlantic Ocean was being born. Its creation marked the destruction of the supercontinent Pangea, in which all the land on Earth formed a gigantic, unbroken island surrounded by a worldwide sea.