pangaea

English - Turkish

Definition of pangaea in English Turkish dictionary: (Jeoloji) Süper kıta: Bugünkü kıtaların 400 milyon yıl önce tek bir kıta ve kara parçası halinde olduğu büyük kara parçası, "bütün karalar" anlamına gelir

English - English

Definition of pangaea in English English dictionary: A supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana; {i} theoretical supercontinent that broke apart approximately 200 million years ago and created the current 7 separate continents on Earth (Geology); the very large area of land that existed as the only land on Earth about 300-225 million years ago, before it broke apart to form two large land masses, called Laurasia and Gondwanaland. These later broke apart to form the modern continents; Name of the single land mass when all the continents were forced together; - A hypothetical "super" continent It is believed that Pangaea broke apart about 200 million years ago, during the Mesozoic Era, to form the present day continents; <))); Wegener proposed this name for the hypothetical supercontinent that formed at the end of the Paleozoic era; Name for the original 'super-continent', of which todays continents are all pieces; (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland; A supercontinent which existed over 200 million years ago, before being fragmented by continental drift; – The single landmass that made up the Earth’s crust until 180 million years ago, according to the theories of German geologist, A L Wegener; ancient single land mass, made up of all the present continents, believed to have existed between 250 and 200 million years ago; Supercontinent into which all the present continents were merged over 200 million years ago; According the Continental Drift Theory, Pangaea is the supercontinent that existed 225 million years ago Pangaea broke up into large landmasses that have been drifting apart for the last 200 million years; Hypothetical super continent that existed in the geological past Its break-up created the current configuration of landmasses found on the Earth