Geology 4 Geologist

  Rediscovery of Pontus: Geologists discover the remains of a long-lost tectonic plate 1/4 the size of the Pacific Ocean! In Earth’s lengthy history of over 4.5 billion years, there are numerous threads that we’re yet to entangle. One such ginormous thread has recently been undone, adding a new bankruptcy to our planet’s geological records.    Scientists have successfully exposed another lengthy-lost secret of our planet: a huge tectonic plate that becomes as soon as one-quarter the dimensions of the Pacific Ocean! Suzanna van de Lagemaat, a geologist from Utrecht University, reconstructed a huge and previously unknown tectonic plate named Pontus at the same time as exploring the planet's maximum complex plate tectonic place — the place across the Philippines. This discovery was made viable by way of piecing together fragments of antique tectonic plates, located deep in Earth's mantle, throughout the mountain levels in Japan, Borneo, the Philippines, New Guinea and New Zealan