Will the continents be able to join again?

What do you think of modern Pangæa? It can exist again? In fact, the effect of tectonic movement that was happening throughout the centuries have distorted fittings. Even so, the projection of a single supercontinent is very curious!

In 1912, a scientist who studied the formation of the Earth as we know it today published an article presenting the theory of “Continental Drift”. In this study, Alfred Lothar Wegener argues that there are about 200 million years, the planet exhibited a continental setting different than currently exists. Instead of the fields are separated, where there was a single supercontinente were concentrated all portions of land.

In this large cluster continental assigned the name “Pangæa”, which in Greek means “the whole earth.” After that, due to the movement of tectonic plates, which generate seismic activity and volcanic chunks of land were dividing and eventually split up over the years. Even today, the continents separate and more recent geological formations (such as the Andes) still grow in height due to the same reason.

Thus, according to this theory of the movement of ground floor, will the continents could still be perfectly fitted? The answer you can check out the image above, in which a kind of “modern Pangaea” is portrayed. We can see that the domain edges are no longer very complementary.

According to the picture caption on the site where it was published, the tectonic plate beneath the Indian Ocean is moving towards South Asia, reaching forward nearly five inches per year. Thus, it is possible that soon the entire continent “narrow relations” with the Himalayas.

It is worth taking a closer look at the assembly above. Will, these days, we could live in one big continent? Personally, I’d rather have more beaches…