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Scientists have revealed the underlying mechanics enabling supercontinents to separate…
Read Full Article, Science Daily (07-18-2016)
Flipped from Head to Toe: 100 Years of Continental Drift Theory, Science Daily (01-05-2012)
On 6 January 1912, Alfred Wegener presented his theory of continental drift to the public for the first time. At a meeting of the Geological Association in Frankfurt’s Senckenberg Museum, he revealed his thoughts on the supercontinent Pangaea, which broke apart and whose individual parts now drift across Earth as today’s continents…
Continental drift created biologically diverse coral reefs, Science Daily (05-07-2016)
Mauritius’ Beaches Contain Clues Pointing To Sunken Lost Continent; BBC News (02-26-2013)
The beaches of Mauritius surround the island like a foamy white trim and sprinkled in the sand are clues to a lost, submerged continent. Beneath the floor of the Indian Ocean, researchers have found evidence for a landmass that would have existed between 2,000 and 85 million years ago…
The Brazilian Atlantis: Granite discovery off Brazil may be evidence of hidden continent; (05-08-2013)
Scientists have discovered a 10-metre-high rock of granite deep in the Atlantic, suggesting a continent may have existed off the Brazilian coast. As granite is usually only found on land, the discovery points to a previously unknown landmass that was swallowed by waves…
Discovery Sheds New Light on Wandering Continents; NASA (03-23-2012)
How Earth’s Next Supercontinent Will Form; OurAmazingPlanet (02-12-2012)
