Scientists say they have found evidence of a micro continent
that lies on the ocean floor.
The continent that has been named “Mauritia” is said to lie
under ancient lava on the Indian Ocean’s floor.
The evidence found for Mauritia comes from the volcanic
island of Mauritius that is almost 560 miles east of Madagascar.
Geologist Bjørn Jamtveit from the
University of Oslo collected samples on Mauritius's beaches that have sand containing zircons.
Zircons are “tiny crystals of zirconium silicate”, and the
samples found at the beaches are at least 600 million years old.
Jamtveit and his peers believe that the zircons originate
from Mauritia.
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