At that time, Earth didn't have seven continents, but instead one giant one surrounded by a single ocean called Panthalassa. The explanation for Pangaea's formation ushered in the modern theory of ...
India charged across the equator at rates of up to 15 cm/year, in the process closing an ocean named Tethys that had separated fragments of Pangea. This ocean is entirely gone today, although the ...
The giant ocean called Panthalassa surrounded Pangaea. Areas near the coast were pummeled by seasonal monsoons, but ocean-circulation patterns kept the isolated and vast interior warm and dry.