Will Zealandia Rise Again?
Because Ocean Crust Is Thinner Than Continental Crust, It Doesn't Rise up as Far. .. . Continents Can't Be Made of Oceanic Crust. but Having Continental Crust...
Because ocean crust is thinner than continental crust, it doesn't rise up as far. ... Continents can't be made of oceanic crust. But having continental crust isn't enough to confirm Zealandia is a new continent. For a decade, Mortimer and others have been building a case that it is.
Is Zealandia rising?
Recent seafloor drilling has revealed that the hidden continent Zealandia -- an area twice the size of India submerged beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean -- experienced dramatic elevation changes between about 50 and 35 million years ago.
Will Zealandia become a continent?
But scientists can't agree on whether this submerged land mass, called Zealandia, is a continent or not. ... There is no formal body to approve a continent," Nick Mortimer, a geologist from New Zealand's GNS Science who led 2017 group, told Insider.
Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.
