Tasman Frontier Subduction Initiation and Paleogene Climate (IMAGE)

Geological Society of America

Tasman Frontier Subduction Initiation and Paleogene Climate

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Recent seafloor drilling has revealed that the 'hidden continent' of Zealandia -- a region of continental crust twice the size of India submerged beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean -- experienced dramatic elevation changes between about 50 million and 35 million years ago.

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International Ocean Discovery Program, JOIDES Resolution Science Operator

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