There seems to be some dispute as to whether Purbeck in Dorset is an isle or a peninsula, even with talk of it being an island. Either way, the geological classification is of no consequence to whether there are any good festivals happening there, which there are.
Purbeck Folk Festival this year happens from Friday 4th to Sunday 6th September, with a line-up featuring Jim Moray, Mawkin:Causley, Uiscedwr, Snapdragons, Sam Carter and oodles more.
Tickets are great value, and slightly cheaper if you order before 31st July. But let’s try winning the competition first…
(Entrants must be 18 or over, resident in the UK and available to go to the festival if they win. They will also be required to provide an address if they win)
Purbeck is home to the Jurassic Coast, so called because of the geological treasures hidden in the rock which date back to the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous eras. But, according to science, which landmass would the present Jurassic Coast have been on during the Jurassic era?
a) Laurasia
b) Gondwana
c) There’s no such thing as the Jurassic era, the Earth is only 10,000 years old.
Send the answer you suspect to be correct to competition@properonline.co.uk along with a daytime contact number and with the subject header as “The Fall of Pangea”. The competition closes at 5 of the clock Post Meridian, British Summer Time on Thursday 16th July 2009 Anno Domini/Common Era.
This competition is now closed
The correct answer was, of course, a) Laurasia.
About 170 million years ago Pangea, the most recent supercontinent, split into two large continents, Laurasia and Gondwana. Laurasia was the northern section, comprising of what is now North America, Europe and Asia. Gondwana was the southern one, comprising of what is now South America, Africa, Antartica, India and Australia.
Continental shifts are very much a cyclic process; it’s hypothesised that if you were standing on land about a billion years ago you’d have been on the supercontinent Rodinia; about 1.5 billion years ago you would been on Columbia; Kenorland, Ur and Vaalbara are also previous supercontinents.
Here is a picture of what someone thinks the landmasses of the earth will look like 250 million years from now:
This has been dubbed Pangaea Ultima, although this is a term i dislike as it suggests that it will be the last time it happens.
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