A theory developed in the 1960s, plate tectonics has been supported by evidence from both the fossil record and instruments used to measure the movement of continents and the spread of the ocean floor. It explains the existence of a supercontinent, Pangea, that existed between 300 and ...
According to the commonly recognised continental drift theory, the Himalayas were uplifted at the end of the Mesozoic Era, around 60 million years ago. The resultant mountains in the Khumbu region are still rising at a few centimetres every 100 years. Flora & Fauna A number of wild animals c...
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The explanation for Pangaea's formation ushered in the modern theory of plate tectonics, which posits that the Earth's outer shell is broken up into several plates that slide over Earth's rocky shell, the mantle. Over the course of the planet's 4.5 billion-year history, several supercontinent...
the western EuropeanBaryonyx. (The distribution of these large theropods across what is now modern-day Africa, South America, and Eurasia lends additional evidence to the theory of continental drift; tens of millions of years ago, before they broke apart, these continents were joined together in ...
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Developed from the 1950s through the 1970s, plate tectonics is the modern version of continental drift, a theory first proposed by scientist Alfred Wegener in 1912. Wegener didn’t have an explanation for how continents could move around the planet, but researchers do now. Plate tectonics is ...
One of the most intriguing fun facts about Argentina is that you could dig a hole to China from there. As a feat usually done by cartoon or comic book characters, traveling to China underground is possible in theory, but not so much in practice. Underground conditions such as heat, pressur...
The Kanva dynasty then ruled over Magadha for about 45 years. Around this time, another powerful dynasty, the Satavahanas came to power in the Deccan area. The term “Satvahana” originated from the Prakrit which means ” driven by seven” which is an implication of the Sun God’s ...
The Cretaceous Period ended with a mass extinction known as the Cretaceous – Paleogene, or K-Pg, extinction event. Although scientists are unsure of the exact cause of this global catastrophe, the most likely explanation is that Earth was struck by a large meteor. This theory is supported by...