Theory of Continental Drift

• Continental drift theory


  The theory that the Earth's continents have moved over geological time, drifting apart from a single supercontinent known as Pangaea
• Alfred Wegener first put forward the theory of continental drift


  1912
• Pangaea


  • A single continent that existed around 250 million years ago
  • Broke apart into two large land masses: Laurasia to the north and Gondwanaland to the south
• Laurasia


  • Produced North America, Europe and Asia
• Gondwanaland


  • Produced South America, Africa, India, Australia and Antarctica