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Watch Earth's continents move, from 650 million years ago to 250 million years in the future
A time-lapse representation of Earth changing through geologic time, from the late...
Video: Adapted from C.R. Scotese, The University of Texas at Arlington
What is the theory of continental drift?
Learn more about the theory of continental drift.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Uncover Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift through biological and geological evidence and the theory of plate tectonics
A discussion of some of the evidence supporting continental drift on Earth.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Discover how heat from Earth's core creates convection currents that cause crustal plates to shift
The land on Earth is constantly moving. Over millions of years, the continents broke...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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supercontinent
Map showing the future world as projected to appear in about 250 million years. Earth's...
Adapted from C.R. Scotese, The University of Texas at Arlington
continental drift
In this map depicting a portion of Gondwana (an ancient supercontinent that once...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
The continents and oceans of the Earth in...
Adapted from C.R. Scotese, The University of Texas at Arlington
plate tectonics
The theory of plate tectonics is based on the concept that the continental and oceanic...
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