Climatology

Chapter 8

History of plate tectonics

cm/year, cycle of supercontinent formation and destruction takes 500million years
 

500 Mio yr BP: Continents at Equator

300 Mio yr BP: supercontinent Pangea

200 Mio yr BP: Pangea breaks appart, continents start to drift to current locations

80 Mio yr BP: Pacific only, no Atlantic, no Indian Ocean; CO2 2-8 times higher, warm

Diskussion