Mortimer told Business Insider that the new maps offer more proof that Zealandia was actually a separate continent – as opposed to a "microcontinent," which was its classification before 2017 ...

Zealandia: Earth's Hidden Continent Was Radically Altered by the Formation of the Ring of Fire. Published Sep 11, 2017 at 6:05 AM EDT Updated Sep 11, ... New volcanoes and mountains grew, ...

The 'lost continent' of Zealandia, which is submerged beneath the Pacific Ocean, experienced a major upheaval about 35 to 50 million years ago. According to findings published Feb. 6 in the ...

Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, most of the remnants of a 2 million square foot lost continent known as Zealandia have fascinated scientists since 2017. Now, researchers from GNS Science in New Zea… ...

But the researchers also wanted to know how Zealandia looks, from its volcanoes and ridges to its basement geology — the oldest crust that serves as its foundation. Geologically mapping Zealandia ...

These dramatic changes in northern Zealandia, an area about the size of India, coincided with the buckling of rock layers (known as strata) and the formation of underwater volcanoes throughout the ...

Wild volcanoes in images "These dramatic changes in northern Zealandia, an area about the size of India, ... Zealandia separated from the supercontinent Gondwana around 85 million years ago.

Geologists have determined there's a new continent called "Zealandia." Recent satellite data and rock samples led to the conclusion. New Zealand and New Caledonia are part of the new continent ...

Tectonic movement causes things like earthquakes and volcanoes. How did Zealandia form? Image source, GNS Science. ... Scientists think Zealandia formed around 83 million years ago.

Zealandia, Greater Adria, and Argoland had all but vanished until sleuthing geologists tracked them down. Some of these landmasses aren’t lost, ... volcanoes, valleys, mountain ridges, ...

These volcanoes formed roughly between 50 and 35 million years ago, and in the process, the thin crust of the Zealandia continent began to buckle from the violent tectonic forces.