New research has discovered that a continental breakup that took place 135 million years ago brought major destruction. The splitting of South America and Africa saw an outburst of 16 million cubic kilometres of magma, which can still be found as volcanic rocks on both continents and the Atlantic Ocean’s sea floor. Volcanic rocks up to one kilometre thick can be spotted in countries including Namibia and Angola
The new study, made up of various ...
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