What can you make of this?
Randall Carlson has some theories on this that are outside of mainstream acadamia but still offer a feasible explanation.
Erosion
Excellent 10 part documentary on Amazon Prime (sorry)” Voyage of the Continents”
“Since it was formed 4.55 billion years ago, Earth has been subjected to incredibly powerful forces. Around its molten core, the earth’s crust is in perpetual evolution, tirelessly redesigning the map of the continents and oceans. The history of the continents is evidenced through tectonic forces, which continuously create and destroy the boundaries of land and sea”
If I remember correctly, North America is moving and on track to bump into Europe in the future. It really makes the climatologists look insignificant in their thinking. How arrogant to think they can control future climate with such massive forces at work.
Sez it's due to the breakup of Rodinia, for which it's usually in vogue to blame Yoko.