Océan Indien, vue du Morne Brabant, Ile Maurice. Photo source: ©© Remi Bridot
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The beaches of Mauritius surround the island like a foamy white trim and sprinkled in the sand are clues to a lost, submerged continent.
Ancient zircon crystals harvested from sand samples were found to be curiously older than the island itself. The island is only 8.9 million years old, but one of the hardy crystals dated back almost 2 billion years, and others are estimated to be at least 660 million years old…
Fragments of ancient continent buried under Indian Ocean, BBC News
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.
Original Study: A Precambrian microcontinent in the Indian Ocean, Nature Geoscience
Le Coin de Mire vu de Cap Malheureux, Ile Maurice. Captions and Photo source: ©© Remi Bridot
