[DOC] [TLE] plate tectonics facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Below the crust is the mantle, a thick, dense layer of rock approximately 1,429 mi. 
... They may even flow, as though they were liquids, or melt and thus truly 
become liquid. ... By about 200 Ma, Pangaea began to break apart, forming a 
valley that ... By about 65 Ma, all the present continents and oceans had been 
formed for... [DOC] [TLE] Breakup of Pangea - Rutgers University [PAR] The Breakup of Pangea: The North America - Africa Connection ... this landmass 
began to break apart, and the continents began to drift toward their ... 
Furthermore, the oldest oceanic rocks are found adjacent to the offshore areas ... 
Some of the depressions (rift basins) that formed during the breakup of Pangea 
were quite... [DOC] [TLE] Pangaea to the Present Lesson #2 | Volcano World | Oregon State ... [PAR] In fact, 250 millions years ago the Earth's seven continents were all grouped 
together ... Scientists believe that Pangea broke apart for the same reason that 
the ... rock record by studying the age and mineral content of the rocks in a 
certain area. ... formed because of a three-way split in the crust allowing massive 
lava flows. [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 1 Plate Tectonics - Volcano World [PAR] Because of this the continents ride on the denser oceanic plates. ... When the 
convection currents flow in the mantle they also move the crust. ... 4. Describe in 
your own words how the Earth's layers were formed. "The Four Layers" will help 
you. ... Scientists believe that Pangea broke apart for the same reason that the 
plates... [DOC] [TLE] Plate Tectonics - Crystalinks [PAR] Divergent boundaries occur where two plates slide apart from each other. ... This 
can erupt to the surface, forming long chains of volcanoes inland from the ... of 
two supercontinents (the other being Laurasia) which were part of the Pangaea 
..... that for the first time allow for the simultaneous modeling of Earth's mantle flow
,... [DOC] [TLE] this dynamic planet: a teaching companion - U.S. Geological Survey [PAR] 4. Once formed, convection currents bring hot material from deeper within the ... 
Tension and high heat flow weakens the floating, solid plate, causing it to break 
apart. ... recognized and dated continental rock (in Australia) was formed about 
4.3 billion ... There were a number of pre-Pangaea supercontinents, although the
... [DOC] [TLE] plate tectonics - Timeline of the development of the theory of plate ... [PAR] Dec 2, 2015 ... Rocks representing each of these environments were found, lending ... short time 
intervals approximately 350 to 500 million years apart. Mountain building 
associated with the formation of Pangea peaked at about 300 million years ago. 
... For example, the abundance of continental-collisional events about... [DOC] [TLE] In geologic terms, a plate is a large, rigid slab of solid rock [PAR] At first it was proposed that Pangaea first broke into two large continental ... other 
lines of geologic and paleontologic evidence that these two continents were once 
joined. ... Below the crust is the mantle, a dense, hot layer of semi-solid rock ... the 
upper mantle, called the asthenosphere, are solids that flow similar to liquids. [DOC] [TLE] Tectonic History of Northern Virginia - Virginia Places [PAR] The billion-year old rocks on the western edge of Northern Virginia are igneous ... 
The continent of Rodinia split up about 600 million years ago, and an ocean 
formed ... As Rodinia split up, the crust thinned and magma erupted, covering the 
... After Pangea broke up, a younger ocean - the Atlantic - formed between Africa
... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 4 - Geology Cafe [PAR] Jan 1, 2016 ... Volcanic eruption. Fig. 4-1. Nearly all geologic processes observed on Earth ... 
These areas where new crust is forming and moving apart are called spreading 
centers. ... age and distribution of rocks beneath the ocean basins were compiled 
from ... Mountains when the ancient continent of Pangaea formed. [DOC] [TLE] Geology Cafe.com [PAR] 5-4. Internal

Question: Rocks on 4 continents were formed by the flow of this from an eruption that tore apart Pangaea
Answer: lava