GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -UrkontinentAlfred Wegener’s original name for his proposed, ancient continent was “Urkontinent”-ur meaning “first or original, ” and kontinent meaning “continent” in Wegener’s native language, German. A more popular name for this huge ancient landmass is Pangaea, which means “all lands” in Greek.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pangaea Wegener was convinced that all of Earth’s continents were once part of an enormous, single landmass called Pangaea.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pangaea is a term coined by Wegener in 1912, for the super-continent formed following the Hercynian orogeny which included virtually all of the earth’s continental crust.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1912, German scientist Alfred Wegener proposed a theory he called continental drift. According to Wegener’s theory, Earth’s continents once formed a single, giant landmass, which he called Pangaea. Over millions of years, Pangaea slowly broke apart, eventually forming the continents as they are today.