Well, I misplace my keys sometimes, too
Apparently there’s an eighth continent in the southwest Pacific.
A huge landmass, mostly submerged beneath the ocean, bears all the hallmarks of a continent, according to a new study published by the Geological Society of America. You may have heard of part of it: New Zealand…
The “Zealandia” moniker was coined by geophysicist Bruce Luyendyk in 1995…
Luyendyk argued at the time Zealandia checked three of the four boxes to be considered its own continent. But now geologists say it checks all four: distinctive geology; a finite, defined area; crust thicker than the standard ocean floor; and elevation above the surrounding area. Zealandia apparently has it all.
The experts who penned the study, aptly titled “Zealandia: Earth’s Hidden Continent,” say if Zealandia had been mapped the same way scientists map Venus or Mars with current technology, we would have recognized it as its own continent much earlier.
Excuses, excuses.
Could it be the lost continent of Atlantis?
Should California break off into the sea, might it rise again? 😉
Danged Global Warming Sea Level Rising!
I believe there are lots of land masses below the oceans.
This is interesting, but a bit so what? We do not really understand the planet we inhabit. Fish live in water much the same. What we do not know far exceeds what we know and not something to be lamented. Living in a universe of mystery inspires us. We seek, we find, and we find there is so much more to find.
Love the title.
And it is Frog for the win!
Geography still holds its outmoded definitions of continents, which became obsolete after plate tectonic revolution in geology. Now continent borders are defined not by shore lines, but by continental slope lines.
http://www.creationscience.com/
Check out the intro vid on plates.
It’s always nice when modern sci authorities get humbled every once in awhile.