Plate Tectonic Theory

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  • 250-300 million years ago
    • Plate Tectonic Theory
      • 1620: Francis Bacon
        • Both S.Am and W. Af look like they connect  -PUZZLE PIECE
          • West Africa
      • 1912: Wegner's Theory of Continental Drift
        • Pangaea Spilt
          • Northern Landmass: Laurasia
          • Southern Landmass: Gondwanaland
        • Evidence
          • Geological
            • Appalachian Mountains - North America LINK Anti-Atlas Range, Morocco
          • Climatelogical
            • Bitmincus Coal - made in tropical regions found in RUSSIA and Antarctica
              • These two current landforms must've been concentrated along the Equator
    • "SUPER-CONTINENT" - Pangaea
      • C-shaped
      • Concentraed along the Equator
  • South America
    • Both S.Am and W. Af look like they connect  -PUZZLE PIECE
      • West Africa
  • Bitmincus Coal - made in tropical regions found in RUSSIA and Antarctica
    • These two current landforms must've been concentrated along the Equator
  • Biological
    • Mesosaurus fossil found in South America and West Africa
      • Fresh water animal - couldn't have crossed Atlantic Oceam
    • Evidence
      • Geological
        • Appalachian Mountains - North America LINK Anti-Atlas Range, Morocco
      • Climatelogical

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