Sweeping off the theoretical and mysterious Atlantis which is bound to be "The Lost City", an evidence of existing "Lost Continent" was discovered under Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius. The research team was headed by Lewis Ashwal from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa.
According to the published journal of the study in Nature Communications, the result that was gathered by the research team suggests a continental crust beneath Mauritius. The postulate was based on the recovery of Proterozoic zircons present on the island. The old Mauritian zircon reflects the relationship of the continental crust with Madagascar and West Mauritius.
The discovery of the ancient continental crust would enable a further detail and knowledge about the Mauritian continent. The researchers proposed that Mauritia including other potential Mauritian continents was once acted as the nucleus between Madagascar and India.
Furthermore, Mauritia also acted as a buffer zone for both Madagascar and India resisting the numerous tectonic and volcanic scenarios during the old era. This would further reflect how the two lands experienced sinistral shear zone causing India to go north away from Madagascar due to the opening of the Enderby Basin.
As reported by USA Today, some parts of the continents probably sank tracking 84 million years ago. The lead author of the study stated that their research team is currently studying how the continents separated in order to further the knowledge and details regarding the globe's geography.
The ancient crust continent is definitely considered to be one of the parts of the gigantic supercontinent Gondwana that existed in the pre- earth. The minerals that were discovered by the researchers are way too old to be beneath the ocean which gave them the hint regarding the submerged continent.
Atlantis can be "The Lost City" that is impossible to discover but Mauritia is the "Lost Continent" that has proven an ancient existence. Meanwhile, discover the new advancement in medical science in treating obesity; click here for further details.
