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

    03/22/2020 2:38:47 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 23 replies
    CNN ^ | March 22, 2020 | Rory Sullivan
    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...