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Long-lost chunk of Canada found in Australia
CBC News ^
| 1/29/2018
| Emily Chung
Posted on 01/29/2018 11:48:40 AM PST by simpson96
A piece of Canada that broke off about 1.7 billion years ago has been found in Australia.
Geologists analyzed chemical signatures for very ancient sedimentary rocks in Georgetown, Queensland, that offer clues about where those rocks were when they formed.
At that time, the continents were drifting together to form a supercontinent called Nuna or Columbia. The data suggests that the Georgetown rocks broke off from Canada and collided with northern Australia around 1.6 billion years ago. It remained there even after Nuna broke apart 300 million years later.
The researchers found a geological signature that "cannot be linked with any other rocks in Australia," Adam Nordsvan, lead author of the new research, said in an email to CBC News.
Instead, it's "strikingly similar to other sedimentary rocks deposited at a similar time in North America, in particular the Wernecke Supergroup of the Yukon region and the Athabasca Basin."
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: australia; canada; continentaldrift; georgetown; platetectonics; queensland
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posted on
01/29/2018 11:48:40 AM PST
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simpson96
To: simpson96
When are the Canadians going to sue to get it back?
To: simpson96
Weird. Did it have a locator chip inserted by ancient aliens? That’s how I usually find stuff. Or a clapper.
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posted on
01/29/2018 11:50:12 AM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: simpson96
the Wernecke Supergroup of the Yukon region and the Athabasca Basin I saw them in Cleveland back in '77. The drummer was so drunk he kept falling off his stool.
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posted on
01/29/2018 11:51:20 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(The revolution will not be televised (at least, not by CNN).)
To: simpson96
Georgetown, Queensland, is the only place in Australia where the inhabitants speak French.
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posted on
01/29/2018 11:52:32 AM PST
by
bunkerhill7
((((("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")))))))
To: ClearCase_guy
To: ClearCase_guy
Spinal Tap warmed up for them after the puppet show.
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posted on
01/29/2018 11:57:43 AM PST
by
freefdny
To: simpson96
They also found original Molsen’s Export cans without the pop-top.
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posted on
01/29/2018 12:00:41 PM PST
by
PGR88
To: rktman
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posted on
01/29/2018 12:02:56 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: simpson96
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posted on
01/29/2018 12:10:13 PM PST
by
aquila48
To: simpson96
Did they find my walrus jaw bookends? Google it.
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posted on
01/29/2018 12:11:21 PM PST
by
Phlap
(REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
To: b4its2late
🚀 I knew it!
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posted on
01/29/2018 12:11:39 PM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: rigelkentaurus
My Canadian wife tells me the statute of limitations has passed. They can keep it.
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posted on
01/29/2018 12:13:09 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: Dr. Sivana
Indeed, as Canada did not even file a missing land report.
To: simpson96
That’s a relief. Now the Canadians can end their centuries-long search.
I imagine it’s going to cost a fortune to ship it back to them, though...
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01/29/2018 12:19:30 PM PST
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
To: simpson96
I thought that’s where I left it!
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posted on
01/29/2018 12:20:34 PM PST
by
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
To: ClearCase_guy
Yeah, they always had problems with their drummer, if I recall correctly. They went through five or six of them, didn’t they?
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posted on
01/29/2018 12:21:11 PM PST
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
To: simpson96
Canada Demands Reparations for Theft of Territory!
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posted on
01/29/2018 12:24:38 PM PST
by
aMorePerfectUnion
(Q is Baron Trump, time-traveling back from the future, to help his dad fight the deep state.)
To: WayneS
I imagine it’s going to cost a fortune to ship it back to them, though... Standard should be OK. I don't want to think about what 2nd-Day would cost, though.
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posted on
01/29/2018 12:30:31 PM PST
by
jerod
(Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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