After years of investigation, scientists have finally clarified the enigma of the lost continent Argoland, which separated from the west from Australia 155 million years ago and apparently disappeared as it moved north towards the Southeast Asian.
This lost continent underwent a complex divorce from Western Australia due to tectonic forces that stretched and moved the land mass away from the main continent before distributing it across Southeast Asia, as revealed by a study recent.
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Over the course of several years, scientists have searched for clues about the whereabouts of these continental fragments that separated from Australia, based on evidence geological found in the Argo Abyssal Plain.
This is a deep ocean basin located off the northwest coast of Australia. The study, recently published in the journal
Gondwana Research, traced Argoland's journey from Southeast Asia to Australia. Researchers discovered fragments of land scattered across Indonesia and Myanmar.So they also found traces of ancient oceans that formed as Argoland stretched and fragmented.
The result of this research led to the coining of the term “Argopelago” to describe the extensive fragmented assemblage that Argoland became.
Therefore, this discovery provided a deeper understanding of the region's past climate, which would have cooled as oceans formed between the fragments of Argoland.
Furthermore, the encounter of these fragments with landmasses in Southeast Asia influenced biodiversity of the region, helping to explain the distribution of species and the invisible barriers that affect their migrations.
In this sense, all scientists are excited about the potential of this research to pave the way for new discoveries in the fields of geology and biology.
Ultimately, they look forward to further investigations that could help uncover more secrets of Earth's past.
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