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Archiving and Publication of Scholarly Data for the Long Tail of Science Michael Diepenbroek What is PANGAEA Information system for long term archiving and publication. Pangaea. Nearly 100 years ago, Alfred Wegener began an investigation that continues even today. . He wanted to know if Earth’s continents were in fixed (non-moving) positions.. He proposed that all the continents were once part of a supercontinent called Pangaea.. In 1812, Alfred Wegener presented his scientific theory called “Continental Drift”. It was based on his belief that the continents had drifted apart from one another.. Pangaea. Wegener ‘s hypothesis was that all the continents had once been joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart.. SPECIATION. : . the development of a new species. Sometimes the variation among organisms is too great; . eventually they could become separate species. GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION. :. two populations are separated by geographic barriers such as rivers, mountains, bodies of water, etc. . Unit 2. Warm-up 1: Earth’s water. Approximately, what percent of the earth’s surface is covered with ocean water?. Where do all the ocean basins connect?. Name the four major ocean basins.. Give an example of a body of water that might connect the basins together.. Building Communities for Tomorrow's Jobs. Keven. . McCammon. Site Manager, Facebook Data Center. Forest City, NC. In 2014, a free . wi-fi. network was launched to serve residents in Forest City and Rutherfordton.. Name all 7 continents. North America. South America. Africa. Antarctic. Australia. Europe. Asia. Pangaea. Pangaea is the name for the original super continent. Pan .  all. G. aea  Earth. The continents looked like they might fit together like puzzle pieces. 3.6 billion years ago VAALBARA (Theorized as only . . continent). 3 billion years ago UR—only continent on Earth.. 2.8 billion years ago Ur was part of the major supercontinent: KENORLAND.. . “All the water that will ever be is, right now.”. . ― . National Geographic, October 1993. Historic water. “Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species -- man -- acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world.”. “All the earth”. Pangaea split apart and the different land masses, or continents, drifted to their current locations on the globe. http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/drift3.html. Alfred Wegener (1880-1930). Transform Plates. 2. Along a transform plate boundary, also called . transform fault. , plates slide horizontally past one another without producing or destroying lithosphere.. The nature of transform faults was discovered in 1965 by Canadian geologist J. . https://nasis.sc.egov.usda.gov/NasisReportsWebSite/limsreport.aspx?report_na me=WEBPedon_profiles&cname=firebaugh&choice=t Save and edit this list in Word to preserve check marksNSSC Pangaea:!NASIS SU “What are tectonic plates?. Classifying the Layers. There are two ways to classify the layers of the Earth:. Compositional. (Chemical): classifies based on chemical properties (. ie. : elements). Physical. http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/greatest-discoveries/videos/100-greatest-discoveries-continental-drift.htm. Restless Continents-pg. 248. Wegener proposed idea of . continental drift.. . -. C.