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Definition of Pangaea

1. Noun. (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.

Definition of Pangaea

1. Proper noun. A supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pangaea

Literary usage of Pangaea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. One Earth, One Future: Our Changing Global Environment by Cheryl Simon Silver (1992)
"... off the oxygen did not survive the switch to an oxygenated atmosphere, but some others did, and made the pivotal transition from water to land. Pangaea ..."

2. This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics by W. Jackquelyne Klous, Robert I. Tilling (1996)
"However, the pre-Pangaea history of plate tectonics is very difficult to decipher, because nearly all of the evidence has been obscured by later geologic ..."

3. Earthquakes: A Teacher's Package for K-6 edited by Phyllis R. Marcuccio (1999)
"Using the transparency of the breakup of Pangaea (Master 21 ) ... This model may explain the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea over the last 200000000 ..."

4. Planet Earth by David Steward (2002)
"Introduce the term Pangaea to students. Explain that scientists use this term to ... Scientists believe that, over time, Pangaea broke apart and each of the ..."

5. Wild Winds: Adventures in the Highest Andes by Ed Darack (2001)
"... the evocative name Pangaea, and the surrounding ocean the poetic title ... (Pangaea is Greek for 'all earth' and Panthalassa the Greek for 'all sea'l. ..."

6. Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 4 by Kathleen McFarren (2003)
"What happened when Pangaea broke up? ® The continents floated apart. ... Pangaea melted into Earth. 4. What does the "plate tectonics" theory explain? ..."

7. Through Darkness Into Light: Endless Cycles of the Divine Plan by Gyeorgos C. Hatonn (1992)
"The split-up of Pangaea into several separate continents was accompanied by the opening up and closing down of bodies of water between the separating pieces ..."

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