Access to fossil fuels drove the definition of nations’ sovereignty over submarine continental extensions. Now we need an agreement about how we use mineral resources on the ocean floor.
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From far north Queensland to the southern tip of Tasmania, there is a common geological mechanism that links Eastern Australia’s volcanic history.
Our expedition drilled into the recently discovered underwater continent of Zealandia, revealing a new picture of the violent geological forces that created it.
We undertook a 28-day voyage to explore a possible lost continent in a remote part of the Coral Sea, in an area off the coast of Queensland. Here’s what we found.
We have better maps of the moon than Earth’s newest continent, Zealandia. That’s about to change as an international expedition probes the vast undersea plateau of continental crust.
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Professor of tectonics and geophysics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Associate professor, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Geophysics, University of Sydney
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Honorary researcher, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University
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Associate Professor, University of Tasmania
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ARC Early Career Industry Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne