How rich is hidden in the bottom of the ocean, and how mystery! Thus, while searching for the mysteries under the ocean, scientists found a great surprise, which was incredible in one word! In the beginning many were hesitant to think that what they really are going to discover is the new continent lying under the Pacific for billions of years!
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'Zealandia' is a new region that has recently been discovered by scientists. Researchers claim that this region has all the qualifications to be considered for the count of the continent. It is located on the eastern side of Australia. Scientists have been campaigning for the 'Jalandia' as the eighth continent outside Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia.
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Where is the new continent located? When, where, how was it born? Why or this name? What is the size of the continent? Will the region be equal to the other continents, or will it just exist as a small continent on its globe? What is the reason why scientists are so proud to recognize it as a continent? Let's try to find answers to many questions in mind.
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In 1995, University of California Geophysics Professor Bruce Lwendig used the term 'jalandia' first. During the 1960s when searching the oil mine under the ocean, scientists discovered the existence of this continent. Then more extensive research activities were undertaken under the supervision of the United Nations. At the time, some information came in the hands of scientists, based on which they are sure to be based in Jalandia.
Zillandia is a nearly submerged continental region. A large area under the south-western Pacific Ocean is known as the Jalandia, which is worthy of recognition as the continent. Most of the zelandia is submerged under water. New Zealand is the only pebble in the continent that remains awake.
Geologian geological location. Photo: wikimedia commons
The position of this continent is approximately 12,217 feet high above sea level. The researchers of the GNS Research Institute in New Zealand have come up with a long six-year study of unknown information about the continent. The continent is very rich. Under its sea, there are huge fossil fuels, which can meet the long-term demand for energy in the future of the world. It will cost more than billions of dollars. According to the information provided by the scientists, geologists should be completely different from Australia and Antarctica in this continent.
Location of the new continent (gray part) Photo: Maritime NZ
6-8.5 million years ago it was isolated from the continent of Australia and continued to drown under water. Later, 8.5 billion years ago, Georgia was completely isolated from the continent and Antarctica. According to the scientists, the continent was completely submerged 23 million years ago. At present, the lion of the continent is submerged under the Pacific Ocean. It is the largest continental part of the world, which is approximately 49.20,000 km.
Internationally recognized New Zealand maritime boundary Photo: Maritime NZ
In a paper published by the Geological Society of America, scientists presented detailed information about the continent. It is about two-thirds of the continent of Australia. Only North and South Island of New Zealand and New Caledonia except for the rest of the area is in the bottom of the water. According to the scientists, about 94 percent of the population of Georgia is below the south-west Pacific ocean. Only 6 percent of the water woke up. For this reason, scientists named the continent - Zillandia. Since the continent is under the water of the Southwest Pacific Ocean, then the name of the two countries by name of New Zealand and India, scientists have named the continent as the Zillandia.
Scientists say New Zealand is actually part of the continent. It can be said, the mountain peaks on this continent. New Zealand's original name was Gondwana. 85 million years ago Gondwana was divided. Then the creation of Zillandians However, the separation of this is strange, since it is disconnected, it gets a little stretched in its own way, without breaking it completely. This continent is almost the same in the Indian subcontinent and half of Europe.
New continent hidden under the sea Photo: The Odyssey Online
Apparently, Zelendia can not be considered as a large and integrated area. This means that Georgia can not be claimed as a continent. A group of researchers has made such arguments. But lately the satellite technology and the gravitational map of the sea have been identified as a composite area. Based on the new continent that has seen the boundary of the new continent below 3,280 feet below sea, geologists have expressed strong opinion that it can be accepted as the continent of the continent.
Scientists have researched some of the soil and rock samples of Jelendia. The terrain that is based on the continent, with its soil, has amazing matches. But there is no similarity to the soil with the formation of the ocean bottom. Therefore, the result of long-standing research of 11 geological geologists, considered to be the continent of continent, is that there are four characteristics needed to be a continent: existing Zillandia These include the elevation of the land, the higher position than the oceanic crust, the diversity of volcanic terrain, the presence of transformed and sedimentary rocks and the density of the ocean below the traditionality - these characteristics Zillandia is in a position to be considered as a continent.
Based on the findings of the research, the black dots shown on the map indicate the possibility of fossil fuels. Photo: GNS Science
Hamish Campbell, who participated in the study, described the possibilities of the new continent in his book 'In Search of Ancient New Zealand', published in 2007. He said, "Before the entire Zillandia continent was under the water, but after the plate movement, New Zealand rose above the water due to the movement. According to New Zealand geologist Nick Mortimer, scientists from Zelandia have been researching for more than two decades, according to a New Zealand-based French colony in New Zealand.
If you get recognition, the position of the zeland in the map. Photo: Nature
Meritima also said that there is more scientific significance than what is needed from a continent. Magnitude