Recently, news of an ancient micro-continent, Mauritia, was found in the Indian Ocean after being preserved by huge amounts of ancient lava. Most researchers conclude that Mauritia was part of an underwater volcano chain. The sand from the beaches of the micro-continent was 20 ancient zircon grains that could be between 660 million to 1,970 million years old. Zircons are insanely heavy minerals that could be the reason of why the zircons didn't fly from Africa. Many scientists believed that Mauritia was separate from Madagascar and got buried under lava.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Ancient Micro-continent found
Recently, news of an ancient micro-continent, Mauritia, was found in the Indian Ocean after being preserved by huge amounts of ancient lava. Most researchers conclude that Mauritia was part of an underwater volcano chain. The sand from the beaches of the micro-continent was 20 ancient zircon grains that could be between 660 million to 1,970 million years old. Zircons are insanely heavy minerals that could be the reason of why the zircons didn't fly from Africa. Many scientists believed that Mauritia was separate from Madagascar and got buried under lava.
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