Scientists have found traces of the lost continent of Argoland

300 million years ago, there was a large piece of land called… Argolandwhich was separated from Australia Then it disappears. This was one of the discoveries made by a group of scientists a few days ago.

However, despite the availability of this information, it was not entirely clear what happened to this part of the continent after its disappearance.

Geologists from Utrecht University in the NetherlandsThey were able to find the remains of the lost continent and report on the history of this piece of land.

Although it was not a large continent because it was surrounded by ancient ocean basins, several parts of it are submerged. And in some Asian countries such as Indonesia. According to Deutsche Welle.

Geologists Eldert Advocaat and Douwe van Hinsbergen from Utrecht University named the chunk of continent “Argopelago” and were responsible for the investigation. How these islands were broken up into smaller islands about 300 million years ago.

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Since that time continents such as Australia, Africa, South America and India have been united On one continent called GondwanaSome blocks that broke off from Argoland are found in places such as southwest Borneo, Greater Paternoster, East Java, South Sulawesi, western Burma, and Mount Victoria Land.

According to Advocaat in a statement issued by Utrecht University, “The situation in Southeast Asia is very different from the situation in places like Africa and South America, where the continent is divided into two parts. Argoland split into many different parts“.

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Although it was very difficult for scientists to discover where the fragments of Argoland were left, they found that it differed from others that suffered the same fate, such as the lost continent of Greater Adria, which when it broke apart became part of some mountains. From southern Europe.

“We were literally dealing with islands of information, which is why our research took so long. We spent seven years solving the puzzle together,” Advocaat explains, because that was not the case with Argoland and Its pieces sank below sea level.

This research is important because it will allow scientists to learn more about some evolutionary processes related to climate and biodiversity, as well as knowing how mountains are formed or the forces driving tectonic layers.

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