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by - AJ - on September 9th, 2007

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If the continents once formed Pangea, but their plates drifted apart, and are still drifting today, will they eventually close the gap that is the Pacific and meet again on the other side of the world in another supercontinent?

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  • by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi on September 9th, 2007

    DA BEN DAN yanggui zi

    Supposedly, yes..North America is drifting toward Asia I believe.

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  • by Jeffers on September 9th, 2007

    Jeffers

    My guess is that once Pangea broke into plates (or they started moving) that they will continue to move for the life of the planet... so, land masses might briefly (in geological terms) kiss other land masses, but probably not permanently join.

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  • by Rickster is victorious on September 9th, 2007

    Rickster is victorious

    Hi AJ-
    Wow... very wild.. will have to stick around in future lifetimes to see.

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  • by Derek DuCote on February 9th, 2008

    Derek DuCote

    Kudos to your question, I never actually thought about it. Yes, I suppose, the pacific ocean will shrink and the atlantic ocean will seem to grow. I wonder how the continents will join up?

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  • by smartman989 on June 30th, 2010

    smartman989

    Yes, it will form another supercontinent, but the otherside of the continents will not match to the other side of the continents so it will collide, and probably spin around then reverse.

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  • by Chris Weed on October 18th, 2010

    Chris Weed

    It makes you wonder what/if there was a smaller continent on the other side of the planet from Pangea. Now lost to time...

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  • by smartman989 on June 30th, 2010

    smartman989

    Yes, it will close the gap and form another supercontinent, but the other side of the continent will not match so it will have to collide and it will probably spin around and drift again.

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