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Re: FW: Number of continents (paleo-geology) <fwd>
From:
Johnnie Sutherland <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Anna J. Dindal
Date:
Fri, 17 Nov 2000 16:55:03 -0500
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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 15:47:23 -0500 (EST)
From: "Anna J. Dindal" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: FW: Number of continents (paleo-geology) <fwd>
Sender: "Anna J. Dindal" <[log in to unmask]>


In reply to Adrianne Wortzel's question, she might have some success at
the following urls - http://www.earth.monash.edu.au/~greg/Gond.html or
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/historical.html. Good luck!

Anna J.Dindal

On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Johnnie Sutherland wrote:

> --- Begin Forwarded Message ---
> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 09:44:20 -0000
> From: Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: FW: Number of continents (paleo-geology)
> Sender: Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> Dear Lis-maps and Maps-L subscribers,
>
> The query subjoined was answered by a couple of MapHist subscribers this
> week (including, rather weakly, myself).  As I felt that more responses
> would come from either, or both, of the Lists now being asked I am thus
> forwarding the query (with Adrianne Wortzel's permission) to these two
> Lists.  I have taken the liberty of adding to the 'Subject' the
> parenthetical "(paleo-geology)".  Perhaps it should also be forwarded to a
> geological List - if someone would kindly oblige?
>
> Thankyou,
> Francis Herbert (Curator of Maps, RGS-IBG)
> [log in to unmask]
> http://www.rgs.org
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Adrianne Wortzel [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: 12 November 2000 11:38
> > To:   [log in to unmask]
> > Subject:      Number of continents
> >
> > Dear Maphist:
> >
> > For a project, I would appreciate some help with questions concerning the
> > number of continents ----
> >
> > Can anyone direct me towards finding out the correct number (and the names
> > ) of continents during the several periods below to the present?
> >
> > Permian time of Pangaea, 225 million years ago  = 1 (Pangaea)
> > Triassic time of Laurasia and Gondwanaland, 200 million years ago = ?
> > Jurassic time, 135 million years ago = ?
> > Cretaeceous time, 65 million years ago = ?
> > The Present  = 7?   - And Is this the count (7) for The Present?  AFRICA,
> > ANTARCTICA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Adrianne Wortzel
> >
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>
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