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Scientists have found proof of a sunken continent in the Indian Ocean. According to a study published in Nature Geoscience, the continent “was separated from Madagascar and fragmented into a ribbon-like configuration by a series of mid-ocean ridge jumps during the opening of the Mascarene ocean basin.”
Its name is not Atlantis, though. According to the team’s investigation, it existed between India and Madagascar before it was lost to the ocean “between 83.5 and 61 million years ago.”
The researchers came to this conclusion after finding zircons “more than 1,971 million years old” on the beach of Mauritius:
The zircons were assimilated from ancient fragments of continental lithosphere beneath Mauritius, and were brought to the surface by plume-related lavas.
They used this information and plate tectonic reconstruction to map the continent, which was a slice of land that they called Mauritia. According to the scientists, Mauritius and the Mascarene Plateau “may overlie [this] Precambrian microcontinent,” located 6.2 miles under the surface. [Nature Geoscience via BBC News]
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Interesting article !
ha! Classic Jesus hyperbole. Based on the map on the BBC site, the lost “continent” was, in fact, smaller that Ireland. So, not a continent, but a small island….
“Its name is not Atlantis, though.”
The fact that it’s in the Indian Ocean was a bit of a giveaway
and 80 million years to soon for anyone to have known about it
Well, that and the fact Atlantis doesn’t exist and is just a thought experiment by Plato.
Shhhhhh.
I was interested in this until I realised who wrote it. Now I am guessing that this ‘lost continent’ is actually nothing of the sort and he just built it up in order to get clicks. I hate that guy with all the passion and fury anyone can hate someone they don’t know, over the internet.
And breathe…
I thought it was an island above sea level.
Your title is bad and you should feel bad.