Another lost continent?

[Forest_Dump]

Just when you think we got them all. Everyone back to geography class.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/lost- ... -1.3963303

[ronjanec]

It's no big deal Forest: Probably just the lost continent and civilization of Atlantis down there somewhere. :)

[Braininvat]

I think there was an article about it in the Atlantis Monthly.

Seems kinda small for a "continent."

[ronjanec]

There was an article about this in Atlantis Monthly!? Maybe they have an inside track? :)

[Forest_Dump]

Perhaps a touch small for a continent but it might have some interesting fossils relating to the dispersal of early mammals, and in fact primates, to Madagascar and Africa.

[Eclogite]

It does seem to be rather over-hyped, though not by the original researchers, only by the subsequent journalists. Quel supris!

From a very brief scan of the abstract it appears to be a fragment detached as India made its way to its rendezvous with Asia. It would appear to be composed of the granitic roots only so hopes of finding interesting fossils are right out the window!

Caveat emptor.