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March 09, 2013

Ancient micro-continent under the Indian Ocean identified
Liverpool UK (SPX) Mar 07, 2013
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found evidence of an ancient micro-continent buried beneath the Indian Ocean. The ancient continent extends more than 1500 km in length from the Seychelles to the island of Mauritius and contains rocks as old as 2,000 million years, much older than the Indian Ocean which has formed only in the last 165 million years. The research team believe that this micro-continent, which they have named Mauritia, was split off from Madagascar and India betwe ... read more

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