Ancient continent discovered beneath Indian Ocean's floor

Started by Tsanten Eywa 'eveng, February 25, 2013, 11:38:22 AM

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Tsanten Eywa 'eveng



Land on Earth was once gathered together in a supercontinent known as Rodinia, shown here as it was during its break-up 750 million years ago. Now scientists believe they have found a fragment of it buried under the Indian Ocean.
Fragments of an ancient continent are buried beneath the floor of the Indian Ocean, a study suggests.
Researchers have found evidence for a landmass that would have existed between 2,000 and 85 million years ago.
The strip of land, which scientists have called Mauritia, eventually fragmented and vanished beneath the waves as the modern world started to take shape.
Until about 750 million years ago, the Earth's landmass was gathered into a vast single continent called Rodinia.
And although they are now separated by thousands of kilometres of ocean, India was once located next to Madagascar.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21551149

Vawmataw

I read that on newspaper.

That's interesting. So we discovered the smallest continent of the Earth.
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Tìtstewan

Well, I red that in a German page. A microcontinent under the Indic ocean.
That's what I thought as I saw a continental shelf-like formation at the map:


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