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1 August 2017
Voyage to study Earth’s mostly submerged hidden continent begins
By Andy Coghlan
This week, geologists will reach, and drill into, Zealandia – dubbed the world’s hidden continent by geologists earlier this year.
Zealandia is a 4.9-million-square-kilometre region of continental crust to the east of Australia, 90 per cent of which is submerged. Just New Zealand and New Caledonia poke above the water line.
“This is the first dedicated drilling expedition to understand the history of this mostly submerged region,” says Gerald Dickens of Rice University in Houston, Texas, co-chief scientist on research ship JOIDES Resolution.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2142518-voyage-to-study-earths-mostly-submerged-hidden-continent-begins/
