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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.
Piecing together the puzzle of continental drift
A discussion of some of the evidence supporting continental drift on Earth.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
What is continental drift and how does it work?
The land on Earth is constantly moving. Over millions of years, the continents broke...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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evidence of continental drift
Among the first clues scientists discovered that supported the notions of continental...
C. Amante and B.W. Eakins (NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC)
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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