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Which ocean is going to be swalowedswallowed by the next Supercontinent Cycle, Atlantic or Pacific?

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The register shows several supercontinents have been formed on Earth's History:

"The most recent supercontinent, Pangaea, formed about 300 million years ago (0.3 Ga). There are two different views on the history of earlier supercontinents. The first proposes a series of supercontinents: Vaalbara (c. 3.6 to c. 2.8 billion years ago); Ur (c. 3 billion years ago); Kenorland (c. 2.7 to 2.1 billion years ago); Columbia (c. 1.8 to 1.5 billion years ago); Rodinia (c. 1.25 billion to 750 million years ago); and Pannotia (c. 600 million years ago), whose dispersal produced the fragments that ultimately collided to form Pangaea".

Source: Supercontinent Cycle, Wikipedia

I would expect then a new supercontinent to form in some million years, but this implies Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, both with ocean-ridges and divergent margins, to disappear.

Wich one will be closed and wich one will survive to Supercontinent Cycle?

Are there models that answer this question?

The register shows several supercontinents have been formed on Earth's History:

"The most recent supercontinent, Pangaea, formed about 300 million years ago (0.3 Ga). There are two different views on the history of earlier supercontinents. The first proposes a series of supercontinents: Vaalbara (c. 3.6 to c. 2.8 billion years ago); Ur (c. 3 billion years ago); Kenorland (c. 2.7 to 2.1 billion years ago); Columbia (c. 1.8 to 1.5 billion years ago); Rodinia (c. 1.25 billion to 750 million years ago); and Pannotia (c. 600 million years ago), whose dispersal produced the fragments that ultimately collided to form Pangaea".

Source: Supercontinent Cycle, Wikipedia

I would expect then a new supercontinent to form in some million years, but this implies Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, both with ocean-ridges and divergent margins, to disappear.

Wich one will be closed and wich one will survive to Supercontinent Cycle?

Are there models that answer this question?

The register shows several supercontinents have been formed on Earth's History:

"The most recent supercontinent, Pangaea, formed about 300 million years ago (0.3 Ga). There are two different views on the history of earlier supercontinents. The first proposes a series of supercontinents: Vaalbara (c. 3.6 to c. 2.8 billion years ago); Ur (c. 3 billion years ago); Kenorland (c. 2.7 to 2.1 billion years ago); Columbia (c. 1.8 to 1.5 billion years ago); Rodinia (c. 1.25 billion to 750 million years ago); and Pannotia (c. 600 million years ago), whose dispersal produced the fragments that ultimately collided to form Pangaea".

Source: Supercontinent Cycle, Wikipedia

I would expect then a new supercontinent to form in some million years, but this implies Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, both with ocean-ridges and divergent margins, to disappear.

Wich one will be closed and wich one will survive to Supercontinent Cycle?

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Which ocean is going to be swalowed by the next Supercontinent Cycle, Atlantic or Pacific?

The register shows several supercontinents have been formed on Earth's History:

"The most recent supercontinent, Pangaea, formed about 300 million years ago (0.3 Ga). There are two different views on the history of earlier supercontinents. The first proposes a series of supercontinents: Vaalbara (c. 3.6 to c. 2.8 billion years ago); Ur (c. 3 billion years ago); Kenorland (c. 2.7 to 2.1 billion years ago); Columbia (c. 1.8 to 1.5 billion years ago); Rodinia (c. 1.25 billion to 750 million years ago); and Pannotia (c. 600 million years ago), whose dispersal produced the fragments that ultimately collided to form Pangaea".

Source: Supercontinent Cycle, Wikipedia

I would expect then a new supercontinent to form in some million years, but this implies Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, both with ocean-ridges and divergent margins, to disappear.

Wich one will be closed and wich one will survive to Supercontinent Cycle?

Are there models that answer this question?