Greater Adria
- A long-lost continent ‘Greater Adria’ in Europe was discovered by team of scientists in association with Utrecht University (Netherlands).
- This Greenland-size piece of continental crust separated from North Africa about 240 million years ago, during the Triassic period. But long before humans came, tectonic shifts forced the continent into the Earth’s mantle deep beneath Europe.
- Between 130 million and 100 million years ago, Great Adria began sliding beneath Europe, slipping under the Earth’s crust and diving into the mantle.
- The scientists build upon the clues left in the mountains of southern Europe and used digital imaging tool called GPlates, which allowed them to ....
