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Record 1 2011-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
  • Tectonics
DEF

... according to some theories, a great protocontinent from which all present continents have broken off by the mechanism of sea-floor spreading and continental drift.

OBS

A major period starting at 200 Ma ... is perhaps associated with the breakup of Pangaea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
  • Tectonique
DEF

[...] continent unique et encore hypothétique de l'histoire du globe [qui] se serait morcelé en deux ensembles, un continent nord (Laurasia) et un continent sud (Gondwana), la Mésogée séparant peu à peu les deux ensembles.

CONT

[...] une synthèse paléomagnétique récente (1970) conclut [...] à l'existence d'un supercontinent unique, la Pangée de Wegener, depuis le Silurien jusqu'au Trias [...]

OBS

Une période majeure débutant à 200 Ma [...] est peut-être associée à la fragmentation de la Pangée [...]

Spanish

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