A billion years ago, Texas and Antarctica were part of the same continent

Texas and Antarctica - seemingly between them have absolutely nothing in common. However, as established by researchers from the University of California in Bakersfield, general enough: 1, 1 billion years ago, the two regions were part of the supercontinent Rodinia, uniting North America and Antarctica and disintegrated 750 million years ago.

The boundary of the continents took place just on the territory of modern Texas, as well as on Antarctic Earth Coats. In the study, researchers led by Professor Stacy Levy analyzed igneous rocks collected in the mountains of Franklin (Texas), on the peninsula Kivinen (Michigan) and in the world Coats (West Antarctica). It was found that the ratio of isotopes of lead in the samples almost equally. So, being in Texas, keep in mind: this hot state similar to the icebound Antarctica much more than it seems.

Source: www.discovery-russia.ru

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