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Introduction: In 1915, a German scientist named Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift. According to this theory, the landmasses once were joined into a supercontinent called Pangaea. The landmasses then slowly drifted to their current positions.

Question: What did Pangaea look like?


If South America were close to Africa. If you look at their coastlines, what do you notice?

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Pangaea, which looked like a C, with the new Tethys Ocean inside the C, had rifted by the Middle Jurassic, and its deformation is explained below.

Step-by-step explanation:

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