Scientists Discover Lost Continent off Brazil

A group of Brazilian and Japanese scientists working on the South Atlantic seabed have found continental rocks that could be remains of the so-called lost continent. Using a submersible capable of descending to depths of 6,500 meters and collecting samples, they have discovered a granite formation on the Rio Grande Elevation, a rise on the ocean floor about 1,500 km southeast of Rio de Janeiro. According to geologists, as a result of tectonic movements, a land mass which was once above sea level could have sunk into the ocean during the separation of Pangaea, the name given to the giant landmass that existed at the end of the Paleozoic era and whose division formed the continents today known.

• 2013-05-09T18:05:44+00:00
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