Scientists in Canada discover that an ancient continent was larger than we thought

CNN ^ | March 22, 2020 | Rory Sullivan

[BenLurkin]

Geologists in Canada have found that an ancient continent was 10% larger than previously estimated after analyzing rock samples dug up during diamond exploration work.

Researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) made the chance discovery while studying diamond samples from Baffin Island, the largest island in Canada.

They identified a new part of an ancient fragment of the earth's crust known as the North Atlantic Craton, which ran from Scotland to North America and broke up 150 million years ago.

The scientists said the samples they analyzed had a "mineral signature" displayed in other parts of this particular craton, a large block of the earth's crust that forms the nucleus of a continent.

[Bob Ireland]

***They identified a new part of an ancient fragment of the earth's crust known as the North Atlantic Craton***

Any news about the fragment known as Hoboken?

[Grimmy]

Our Crayton bigger than their Crayton.

Our Crayton best Crayton!

Crayton sounds like a logistics measurement. A Crayon Ton.

[wildbill]

My Scot and Danish viking ancestors were probably just returning home when they immigrated to America—or looking for other clans to attack and loot.

I found that clans had different mottoes is the subclans I guess. I think my ancestors must have used:

Nil conscire sibi To feel no guilt

[SunkenCiv]

:^)