Zealandia Lost Continent

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"Thirty scientists from the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) are setting out from Australia aboard a large drilling ship to drill into the seafloor to try to understand the history and structure of Zealandia.

The team of international scientists will drill about 1,000 to 2,600 feet into the seafloor at six sites in the Tasman Sea to collect sediment samples – containing fossil evidence - deposited over millions of years.

The aim is to examine tectonic plate shifts which occurred around 50 million years ago, when Australia and New Zealand stopped spreading apart and instead the area between them began to compress.

“We’re really looking at the best place in the world to understand how plate subduction initiates,” according to expedition co-chief scientist Gerald Dickens, professor of Earth, environmental and planetary science at Rice University in Texas.

“This expedition will answer a lot of lingering questions about Zealandia.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/zealandia-secrets-does-worlds-hidden-eighth-continent-hold/

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>Zealandia joined Australia and New Zealand together millions of years ago
>The area broke away from Australia 75 million years ago and sank into the sea
>sank into the sea
>A team of 55 scientists will spend two months at sea researching the lost land
>Pacific 'Ring of Fire' hotspot for volcanoes and earthquakes developed post-Zealandia

"The drill ship JOIDES Resolution will drop into Townsville on Friday before heading out on its two-month expedition.

On board, 55 scientists will study the cores of the lost land and use the information to address issues in climate and oceanographic history, extreme climates, sub-seafloor life, plate tectonics and earthquake-generating zones, and the dynamics of island arcs and ocean basins.

The expedition will last from Friday to the end of September, when the drill ship will dock in Hobart and preliminary information from the research will be released"

>to the end of September

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4738008/Scientific-mission-begins-uncover-secrets-Zealandia.html

>>135301333
nice trips
bump for interest

>>135301333
>75 million years ago

Guy, there was an even bigger piece of land called lemuria during the last ice age, 20k years ago.

>>135305777
No there wasn't

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>>135306147
Check out Indonesia in pic related. This is from the last ice age.

Don't doubt triple 7's.

>>135306348
Thats not lemuria
Lemuria is supposed to be a continent connecting madagascar and india.
No such thing exists.