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1.7-Billion-Year-Old Chunk of North America Found Sticking To Australia (livescience.com)
walterbyrd shares a report from Live Science: Geologists matching rocks from opposite sides of the globe have found that part of Australia was once attached to North America 1.7 billion years ago. Researchers from Curtin University in Australia examined rocks from the Georgetown region of northern Queensland. The rocks -- sandstone sedimentary rocks that formed in a shallow sea -- had signatures that were unknown in Australia but strongly resembled rocks that can be seen in present-day Canada. The researchers, who described their findings online Jan. 17 in the journal Geology, concluded that the Georgetown area broke away from North America 1.7 billion years ago. Then, 100 million years later, this landmass collided with what is now northern Australia, at the Mount Isa region.
"This was a critical part of global continental reorganization when almost all continents on Earth assembled to form the supercontinent called Nuna," Adam Nordsvan, Curtin University doctoral student and lead author of the study, said in a statement. Nordsvan added that Nuna then broke apart some 300 million years later, with the Georgetown area stuck to Australia as the North American landmass drifted away.
"This was a critical part of global continental reorganization when almost all continents on Earth assembled to form the supercontinent called Nuna," Adam Nordsvan, Curtin University doctoral student and lead author of the study, said in a statement. Nordsvan added that Nuna then broke apart some 300 million years later, with the Georgetown area stuck to Australia as the North American landmass drifted away.
Isn't that why we sent the Australians over there in the first place?
The entire earth is all connected to itself and the planet is not flat after all. This is earth shattering news!
Thatâ(TM)s mine!!! Give it back!!!!
Dumping their crap on our own fair shores for billions of years... without even a thank you note.
I hope you Chooks turn into Emus and kick your dunny down.
Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.
For those of us that aren't geologists and saw "Nuna", but read/expected "Pangaea":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Here's how the continental drift *really* went: http://pbfcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/PBF260-The_Drift.png
Which book? I couldn't find any reference of this in the Bible.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
... and propose drilling for oil by summer!
Trolling is a art,
So in a way Great Britain joined long lost siblings under the Commonwealth? Isn't that nice of them?
President Trump demands immediate return of American property. Unnamed private investor will be building a golf resort on it.
Of course news about a fake are Fake News.
Bad blood. It's thieves and criminals what were sent to Australia. So now they stole a piece of someone else's continent?
Enjoy life! This is not a dress rehearsal.
"The thing that I don't like believing in because I'm a pathetic intellectual coward - people keep saying that EVERYTHING ever is down to that thing!! They really do!! This makes it even more certain that it's a big LIE!!!"
Nope, no-one is, and you're still a stupid cunt.
I do not want your cheap brainburning drugs. They are useless for work. And I am a working man today.
It's just after the bit where stealing women and raping them is cleared as OK and just before the bit where the she-bears kill 40 kids for making fun of a bald guy.
I do not want your cheap brainburning drugs. They are useless for work. And I am a working man today.
Who knew the aborigines were canucks?
Give it back goddammit!
Go see a doctor.
Is it really baldness or does Trump just have a bad hairpiece?
I find myself deeply moved in my faith that God would go to all this trouble to mislead idiot atheists into believing the world is more than 6,000 years old.
I must go at once to donate my children's college fund to Pat Robertson. You go, God!
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
In the related news, Canada has announced the annexation of the piece of Australian continent. Australian youth prepares for extended conflict in the bush and their parents taken for unannounced purposes. It's the Red-White-Dawn. Where will you be tomorrow when the war began?
Hey Australia! We want our land back!
They filled a international court motion to get their land back.
We call that the "sticky bit"
Just another day in Paradise
It's just after the bit where stealing women and raping them is cleared as OK and just before the bit where the she-bears kill 40 kids for making fun of a bald guy.
Well that was the *old testament* real wrath of god type stuff, so you should expect that. Then they got all cranky in Europe, had a reformation(s) and decided it wasn't so great anymore. But it hasn't got that far with Islam, just look at all those people who supported ISIS and whatnot, or tried arguing before the courts that raping women is allowed because their religion says so. Might only take another few hundred years before that's fixed, providing of course they don't change the "this is the true word of god, and questioning it is forbidden" and "changing it makes you an apostate and you need to be put to death" stuff first. Might be sooner, but probably not.
Om, nomnomnom...
Has anyone made a klingon joke yet?
Make American Whole Again!
These exotic terranes, which are rock that originally were part of other continents, are a pretty common occurrence. Most of the eastern seaboard of the US was once part of Africa or South America. Large parts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachussets, New Hampshire, Maine Nova Scotia and Newfoundland contain African rocks. The contact between African and North American rocks runs through New York, Its called Cameron's Line. A large long piece of Africa called Avalonia broke off, drifted across the ocean and lodged on North America 400 million years ago. Florida and Louisiana was seperately added by the collisions that formed Pangea, it remained on the North American side when the split occured.
The christians in trumps government seem to be intent on rolling back as many health reforms for women and removing equality for all because their religion says so to show that some christians still haven't entered the 20th century yet.
"The hands that help are better far than lips that pray." - Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899)
We want our rocks back!
Geez, don't tell Native Americans that. They'll be claiming it's theirs.
My understanding is that Continental Drift failed to gain acceptance due to a lack of information on what would cause the continents to move. It was based upon surface observations that made sense of the topography but little else.
When geologists understood the physics of the Earth's core and mantle, that provided the mechanism. It also explained volcanos, earthquakes, and large scale structures like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the Pacific Ring of Fire, and more.
This got all bundled together into Plate Tectonics and voilà! A successful geophysical theory.
Sorry mate your shit out of luck, you can't have it back we gave it to the aborigines years ago..
OK. I'll feed the troll.
Look at the Koran, the cook book of Islam. Then look at what they have done throughout history, and continue to do today.
That is EMINENTLY repeatable. Take any generation of Muslims. Allow them to read the Koran. An unhealthy number will
take it to heart and actually try to emulate Mohammed.
Now, for Christianity. I believe most people would find it most agreeable to emulate Jesus. You know, the guy who said
to love your neighbour, treat others as you wish to be treated, bless those who curse you. That's why Christians have
been doing a lot of praying lately. They see another encroachment on their lands, and this time it is so insidious as to
be almost impossible to stop. How can you stop the MSMs brainwashing of the idiot masses who have never read
enough history to see that yes, time and again, Muslims have adhered to their book of rules which green lights violence,
rape, and genocide.
signed,
The Only Hope for Humanity.
when my background is from Korea, 'nuna' means older sister in Korean... and I have an older sister.
Thou Shalt Not Kill.
That's in the Bible, both "testaments".
Trump doesn't want Christians to be forced to pay for infanticide. Compelling people to do evil
was condemned in inter-testamental books as well.
But the poster is correct, nowhere does the Bible give an age of the Earth. Some people have
made a number of ASSUMPTIONS and tried to extrapolate the age to ~6,000 years. The
Jewish calendar year is 5778; so it's not just some fringe Christians who tend towards the 6000
year old thing.
People hate the Bible because they think that an evil mind will buy their souls some rest.
(apologies and credit to Triumph).
I'm truly sorry for trying to interject some rational discourse and truth into Slashdot, a website
that purports to be a refuge for smart...er..brainwashed people.
I shall retire for the evening.
Islam had its reformation. It's called Wahbabism; you know, the RADICAL Saudis.
Wikipedia:
Wahhabism (Arabic: , al-Wahhbiya(h)) is an Islamic doctrine and religious movement founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab.[1] It has been variously described as "ultraconservative",[2] "austere",[3] "fundamentalist",[4] or "puritan(ical)";....
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Spray sulfur aerosols into the atmosphere?
Acid rain destroyed many monuments and historic artifacts.
The criminals were sent to Australia and the Religious fanatics sent to the U.S.
Well that was the *old testament* real wrath of god type stuff
As opposed to the new testament which is some serious socialist hippie type stuff.
Last will be first, first will be last
Harder for the rich to get into heaven than camel through eye of needle
Render undo Caesar that which is Caesar's
Free booze and free health care on Jesus if you just believe (replace Jesus with government and you get socialism)
It's cool boys if the tyrannical government wants to arrest me when I've done nothing wrong, I should just comply and let them kill me, not resist like a free man would.
Then they got all cranky in Europe, had a reformation(s) and decided it wasn't so great anymore.
Yeah, but the replacement was progressivism, socialism, communism, feminism, etc.
But it hasn't got that far with Islam
Maybe, but what would it take to further Islam without it repeating the same mistakes Christianity did? (as above, paving the road to all that Progressivism and socialism)
Trump doesn't want Christians to be forced to pay for infanticide.
That's a violation of the first amendment. First amendment prohibits government from preventing OR helping any particular religion.
There are other arguments to be made for or against abortion (or gay marriage, or any other hot topic), but religion ain't a valid one.
The christians in trumps government seem to be intent on rolling back as many health reforms for women and removing equality for all because their religion says so to show that some christians still haven't entered the 20th century yet.
Repeating that meme doesn't make it true. Seems more like you're happier with the state/religion separation only working one way, where under those guaranteed rights businesses, charities, and so on also have protections. So do the people working for them, and in some cases people work for/volunteer for particular morals. Something that various left-wing progressive groups have been very happy to trample all over.
Let me know when those gay couples go out of their way to target a christian bakery again, and ignore the muslim ones(who also wouldn't bake them a cake).
Om, nomnomnom...
Repeating that meme doesn't make it true.
Except it isn't a meme, and it is true. Some Christians haven't entered the 20th century. There's hardly anything controversial about the statement. It's like how Trump said Mexicans bring drugs and crime and rape, but some he assumes are good people.
Both Trump and GP's statements are politician speak, where they make a statement that is technically true, but doesn't really convey any meaningful information. It just gives the appearance that they did.
Both Trump and GP could have just said "Mexicans/Christians exist". Yeah, no shit. That doesn't tell us anything useful. It's only useful in the sense of getting people to double down on their preconceived biases, interpreting the vague statements however they like.
Let me know when those gay couples go out of their way to target a christian bakery again, and ignore the muslim ones(who also wouldn't bake them a cake).
Dude, that's the left's argument to force that Christian bakery to bake a cake. The left is the one saying the bakery is "ignoring" and discriminating against gays when the bakery choose to not serve a gay couple.
You said it yourself when it comes to church/state separation: it goes both ways. If you support bakeries having freedom to choose who they serve, gay couples also have the freedom to choose which bakeries they visit (or sue). They aren't obligated to visit and sue every bakery of every religion to fill some kinda quota. You complaining that they "ignore" Muslim bakeries is no different than feminists complaining that companies "ignore" women and minorities by not hiring enough of them to your liking.
"particular morals." - in the religious case its generally "peculiar morals" - picking and choosing according to their own form of bigotry. keep religion in your own head and out of every other place except a church then we'll have real equality.
"The hands that help are better far than lips that pray." - Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899)
If its too hot in the kitchen then they should get out instead of foisting their dodgy morals on others.
God also command the total extermination / genocide of the Canaanites, women and children included etc etc so the bible is not a paragon of good words/deeds
"The hands that help are better far than lips that pray." - Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899)