Mesozoic Plate Tectonics

Mesozoic Plate Tectonics

Imagine Earth’s land as one giant puzzle piece. A long time ago, during the Mesozoic Era, all the land on Earth was connected to one big supercontinent called Pangaea. Over millions of years, the pieces of this giant puzzle slowly drifted apart, forming the continents we...

About 200 million years ago, at the end of the Triassic period, Pangaea began to break apart, leading to the formation of the continents and oceans we see today.

This breakup event occurred even in the supercontinent Pangaea due to the heat trapped beneath Earth's crust, which caused it to crack and split through a process known as contine...