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  • Ancient Jigsaw Puzzle of Past Supercontinent Revealed

    07/09/2013 2:11:45 PM PDT · by null and void · 45 replies
    Scientific Computing ^ | Fri, 07/05/2013 - 3:28am | Royal Holloway, University of London
    Colored polygons represent different geological units that have been mapped (and inferred) by geologists over many years. These geological units formed before the continents broke apart, so we can use their position to put the "jigsaw pieces" back together again. Many other reconstructions do not use the geological boundaries to match the continental "jigsaw pieces" back together - so they don't align properly. Courtesy of University of Royal Holloway London A new study published in the journal Gondwana Research, has revealed the past position of the Australian, Antarctic and Indian tectonic plates, demonstrating how they formed the supercontinent Gondwana 165...