Nepal earthquake creates momentum to create new supercontinent

According to scientists, the new continent will be formed as a result of the shift between Asia and America.

Forming a new continent after an earthquake in Nepal

Recent research by scientists shows that the new ground was formed due to the shift of the geography between Asia and Europe and the earthquake in Nepal has emphasized the process of forming supercontinent. this new

Asian illustrations are approaching the Americas - forming a new continent.

Accordingly, experts say that the Indian and Asian - European geological segments are moving together. The idea that the Earth is being re-established to create a new supercontinent - named Amasia (combined from the name America - America and Asia - Asia).

The geologist's report, Dr. Zheng-Xiang Li of Curtin University, after coming to Nepal to study the collision between the Indian and Asian-European plates, said the Indian array is continuing to move north a few. cm per year - this has stimulated tectonic activity. Other continents are moving towards each other.

The lands on Earth continue to move close together.

Nepal is located near the border of India and Asia - where two tectonic plates are moving close together. It was this movement that affected the Earth's tectonics, which led to earthquakes and earthquakes.

This tremor has partly made the geological segment move faster , creating momentum for the formation of a new continent.

Nepal is located near the border of India and Asia - where two tectonic plates are moving close together

The Pacific Ocean is shrinking several centimeters each year and will eventually cause a collision between the US and Eurasia; while Australia is also getting closer to Asia (about 7cm per year) and will join the Amasia continent. Dr. Li said: " However, it takes tens of millions of years or several hundred million years to complete this supercontinent."

Using high resolution seismic tomography techniques, scientists were able to see unprecedented small changes of tectonic plates.

Thereby, they can compare this change with the supercontinent Rodinia and Pangea formed a billion and 300 million years ago respectively.

Graphic images show that the land has separated, forming different continents.

Dr Li said: " With these calculations, about 50 to 200 million years from now, Asia will meet the Americas in the Arctic, the Caribbean and the Arctic Ocean will disappear while North and South America will advance. come together ".

The idea of ​​continental drift was introduced by German scientist - Alfred Wegener in 1912. This idea explains how to shape the countries on Earth like puzzle pieces and put them together. perfect.

The Earth's surface is made up of 7 main small tectonic plates and several other tectonic plates that are " wandering " at different speeds ranging from a few millimeters to 2 centimeters per year. It was this friction that caused a collision between tectonic plates - causing an earthquake.