Just One Long Mountain Range
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https://vividmaps.com/central-pangean-mountains/ <-- shared article
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H/T Tasa Graphic Arts
When we think of mountain ranges, we don't usually think of them for what they really are, geological formations that can span the entire planet. However, that's exactly what this map depicts. It shows how the Appalachian mountains in the U.S. actually connect with the Scottish Highlands, the hills of Ireland, Scandinavian Mountains, the east side of Greenland and the Atlas Mountains. When all of these places were once joined together, these ranges formed the Central Pangean Mountains millions of years ago.
#GIS #spatial #mapping #GreaterAppalachia #Laurussia #Gondwana #Pangaea #geology #structuralgeology #mapping #topography #orogeny #geologichistory #mountainrange #mountains #global #tectonics #platetectonics #RenuniteGondwanaland

Study reshapes understanding of mass #extinction in Late Devonian era
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-reshapes-mass-extinction-late-devonian.html

The expansion of #LandPlants during the Late #Devonian contributed to the marine #MassExtinction https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01087-8

"Diverse and full of #SeaLife, the Earth's Devonian era—taking place more than 370 million years ago—saw the emergence of the first seed-bearing #plants, which spread as large #forests across the #continents of #Gondwana and #Laurussia."