jan 1, 254000000 BC - Formation of Pangea, Appalachian Mnts: 254 mya
Description:
-A change in plate motions set the stage for the first Paleozoic mountain building event in North America. The Appalachian passive margin changed to a very active plate boundary when a neighboring oceanic plate, collided with and began sinking beneath the North American craton. With the birth of this new subduction zone, the early Appalachians were born.
-The explanation for -Pangaea's formation ushered in the modern theory of plate tectonics, which posits that the Earth's outer shell is broken up into several plates that slide over Earth's rocky shell, the mantle.
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