| Geological evidence shows that all continents remained united as the supercontinent Pangea during Triassic times. |
| Amalgamation of the late Palaeozoic supercontinent Pangaea led to the collision of Gondwana with Laurasia forming the Variscan orogen. |
| If the past pattern holds, Dr Rogers predicts that a new supercontinent will be formed in about 500m years' time. |
| About 500m years later, its pieces reassembled to form yet another supercontinent, called Rodinia. |
| Of the three domains, the Eastern Domain sits farthest inboard, i.e. closest to the core of the former Gondwana supercontinent. |
| At longer time-scales, plate tectonic activity appears quasi-periodic and self-organizes into the supercontinent cycle. |
