The Carboniferous Period

During the Pennsylvanian Period...

 

• Siberia collides into Laurussia, forming Laurasia

• Plate tectonics caused Laurasia to collide with Gondwana; therefore, closing the Tethys Sea

• Laurasia and Gondwana are fused together with the Appalachian-Hercynian Orogeny

• The Alleghenian Orogeny was formed by the collision of North America and Africa

• The eastern part of the Eurasian plate joined together with Europe, forming the Ural Mountains

• Pangaea begins to slowly form