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Wasn't it originally "continent" but thanks to tectonics it has broken up. Could Theia have gifted us a proto-Pangea?
by anonAndOn 4y ago
Wasn't it originally "continent" but thanks to tectonics it has broken up. Could Theia have gifted us a proto-Pangea?
- wrycoder 4y agoYes. The article doesn’t even mention “moon”. Current information indicates that most of the Earth’s lithosphere ended up in the Moon. BTW, George Gamow wrote about the “birth” of the Moon back in the ‘50s.
- Sharlin 4y agoI don't think the original configuration of continents is well-understood. The continents have drifted together and apart again several times in the past 3+ billion years. Pangaea was just the most recent supercontinent.
- gus_massa 4y agoHere is a nice video from the last 1000 million years https://bigthink.com/hard-science/plate-tectonics-animation/ https://bigthink.com/hard-science/plate-tectonics-animation/
- xeromal 4y agoThis bitch don't know 'bout Pangea?