According to a research, the continents of the Earth were formed as a result of several large meteorite impacts.
The greatest proof yet that the continents were kept together by ancient geological structures made when massive space rocks crashed onto our planet, researchers claimed on Wednesday.
The greatest of these meteors had a probable diameter of greater than 100 kilometers. Around 3.5 billion years ago, when Earth was still very young, they would have crashed with it.
Tiny grains of the mineral zircon serve as the proof. According to a study that was written up in the journal Nature, samples found in a significant area of Western Australia bear evidence of a significant meteorite hit.
Tim Johnson, the study’s principal investigator from Curtin University in Perth, claimed that meteorite strikes “do everything necessary to form continents.” “These results have us quite enthused,” The 4.5 billion years that our planet has been in existence have seen a significant change in its look. For instance, it is believed that the supercontinent of Pangea was formed around 335 million years ago when the three land masses known as Gondwana, Euramerica, and Siberia came together. Pangea split apart some 200 million years ago, eventually giving rise to the continents we see today.