How would have Pangea been formed when modern day maps show the tectonic plate borders expanding over the land?

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I know this is poorly worded, so sorry about that.

Modern tectonic plate map: https://images.app.goo.gl/FTmyTJsiu5g5pYoC7

Pangea: https://images.app.goo.gl/cYtU3FC1wanWoacTA

Shouldn’t the borders have collided to stop the land from touching?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subduction When two plates move towards each other, one Plate slides under the other and melts into the Mantle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divergent_boundary When two plates move away from each other, Magma rises and creates new crust.

The Earth’s crust is constantly recycling itself.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Plates moving away from each other are making new ocean floor between them, that crust (under the water) didn’t exist during pangea.