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Recent research suggests chunks of Zealandia, an eighth continent that disappeared under the Pacific Ocean, might be 1.3 billion years old.

Recent research suggests chunks of Zealandia, an eighth continent that disappeared under the Pacific Ocean, might be 1.3 billion years old.

How the Whanganui Basin reveals regions geological history 7 minutes to read Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron The many layers of sediment laid down in the Whanganui Basin record three to four million years of geological history, attracting fossickers and fossil hunters alike, Emeritus scientist Dr Hamish Campbell tells Laurel Stowell. Dr Hamish Campbell is speaking to a group of about 30 who are looking ...

GSA Today Zealandia: Earth’s Hidden Continent Cover Image 2 GNS Science, P.O. Box 30368, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand 3 SGEES, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand 4 Service Géologique de Nouvelle Calédonie, B.P. 465, Nouméa 98845, New Caledonia 5 School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia Abstract A 4.9 Mkm 2 region of the southwest Pacific Ocean is made up of continental crust. The region has elevated bathymetry relative to s...