Drowned island the size of Iceland found off Brazil
News By Eos.org, Erin Martin-Jones published 19 hours ago
An undersea volcanic plateau in the southwestern Atlantic
was a tropical island 45 million years ago.
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The open access paper is:
Srivastava, P., J. Murton, B., Sant’Anna, L.G., Florindo, F.,
Hassan, M.B., Taciro Mandacaru Guerra, J., de Assis Janasi,
V. and Jovane, L., 2023. Red clays indicate sub-aerial exposure
of the Rio Grande Rise during the Eocene volcanic episode.
Scientific Reports, 13(1), p.19092.
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Yorus,
Paul H.
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