120-Million-Year-Old Pontus Tectonic Plate Unveiled in Asia-Pacific Region
Recently, geologists from Utrecht University in the Netherlands have uncovered the existence of the Pontus tectonic plate, which existed 120 million years ago and once covered a quarter of the Pacific Ocean's current expanse.
- Named the Pontus plate, this ancient tectonic plate is estimated to have covered a quarter of the present-day Pacific Ocean based on their reconstructions dating back 160 million years.
- It existed during a time when a vast ocean separated Eurasia and Australia, which were part of the supercontinent Pangaea.
- As Pangaea began to break apart, the Pontus plate slowly sank into the Earth's mantle over millions ....
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