Jack, we can only guess based on what we currently know about existing plate boundaries and motions. It looks like supercontinents form every 440 million years or so. Your old text has an animation of what the next 100 million years might look like: http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0807/es0807page01.cfm
I found a fuzzy animation on YouTube that takes it out further. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bubUYPc0KRQ
As always, when we learn more the predictions will become more accurate.
So with the tectonic plates still moving, when the next supercontinent is made, how different is it predicted to be?
ReplyDeleteJack, we can only guess based on what we currently know about existing plate boundaries and motions. It looks like supercontinents form every 440 million years or so. Your old text has an animation of what the next 100 million years might look like:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0807/es0807page01.cfm
I found a fuzzy animation on YouTube that takes it out further.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bubUYPc0KRQ
As always, when we learn more the predictions will become more accurate.