Pangea split apart way faster than we thought - Business Insider

Pangea split apart way faster than we thought - Business Insider: "A critical point is reached when the connection between the two continents becomes so weak it can no longer resist the forces trying to pull it apart,” Dr. Dietmar Muller, a geophysicist at the University of Sydney and an author of the paper, told the Times. "This acceleration is directly related to the thinning of the crust."