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A Controversial Lost Tectonic Plate May Have Been Discovered by Geologists – ScienceAlert
Geologists agree that some 60 million years ago, the Farallon and Kula tectonic plates covered a vast area of Earth’s surface across the Pacific Ocean, off the…
Geologists agree that some 60 million years ago, the Farallon and Kula tectonic plates covered a vast area of Earth’s surface across the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of North America. However, there’s debate about whether a third plate existed, called Resurrection.
Now researchers at the University of Houston think they might have found the remains of Resurrection, hiding under northern Canada crushed, reshaped, and buried through the processes of subduction, as tectonic plates slide into one another.
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