superintendents

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Their configuration is ever-shifting, as supercontinents are assembled and broken up, and oceans form, grow, and then start to close in what is known as the Wilson cycle.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024

During the Late Devonian Period, these areas were submerged coastlines on opposite ends of a vast sea separating northern and southern supercontinents.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2024

Continents drift across Earth's surface creating "supercontinents" and destroying them.

From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2023

Consequently, no one can say with confidence how many supercontinents have come and gone in the planet’s history, and the gaps in our knowledge grow the further we look back in time.

From Scientific American • Oct. 17, 2023

“Geography is one of my specialties,” I tell him, though technically supercontinents fall under paleogeography.

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott