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Using “high-resolution satellite imagery and field studies”, an international team of researchers has determined that Australia’s Nullarbor Plain – a warm, flat area with no easily distinguishable geological
Using “high-resolution satellite imagery and field studies”, an international team of researchers has determined that Australia’s Nullarbor Plain – a warm, flat area with no easily distinguishable geological features – is in fact a “clear remnant of original seafloor structure”. has existed for millions of years”.
At the center of this fascinating study, published this summer in the journal Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, was the location of a “ring-shaped “hill” hidden in plain sight and appearing in space images.
Field studies showed that the microbial remains found in the area resemble microbial structures found underwater rather than on land – a discovery confirming that the Nullarbor Plain was once covered by a tropical ocean about 14 million years ago.
“The annular ‘peak’ cannot be explained by extraterrestrial influence or any known deformation process. However, it retains the original microbial textures and features commonly found in the modern Great Barrier Reef,
— geologist Milo Barham, co-author of the study, said in a press release.
Nullarbor Valley / Photo Earth Surface Treatments and Landforms
The Nullarbor Plain is a particularly fertile area for geological surveys because it is relatively unaffected by erosion, the researchers said. Thus, in a sense, the entire region is like a giant fossil.
Unlike many parts of the world, the vast expanses of the Nullarbor Plain have remained virtually unchanged under the influence of processes of erosion and erosion for millions of years, making it a unique geological canvas on which ancient history has been amazingly etched.
Added Barham.
These features, combined with the millions of years of landscape scientists are currently working on, actually make the Nullarbor Plain a kind of “time capsule” and allow for a fascinating deeper understanding of Earth’s history.
It seems this Australian desert was once home to a vast underwater ecosystem – a powerful reminder of how much our Earth has changed over thousands of years.
Source: 24 Tv
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