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Australia is moving 7cm north every year. It is the fastest moving continental landmass in the world. Anyone knows the reason behind it? |
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@3mel | 4 August 18 | |
it's nicer in the northern hemisphere... they're just jelly
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@slick_01 | 4 August 18 | |
The reason behind that is Australia wants to move to North America
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@peta | 4 August 18 | |
Dont know much about geology. Don't know much biology. Don't know much about a science book, Don't know much about the french I took But I do know that I love you, And I know that if you love me, too, What a wonderful world this would be. |
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@shadow27 | 4 August 18 | |
It'll smash into Asia, probably causing the same impact that India made.
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@eyesore | 4 August 18 | |
@ toshrj - 4.08.18 - 05:13am Australia is moving 7cm north every year. It is the fastest moving continental landmass in the world. Anyone knows the reason behind it? An excessive amount of wind ? |
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@shadow27 | 4 August 18 | |
Continental drift is in general accelerating.. Not slowing down. Strange.. It was assumed that it would be slowing down. |
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@shadow27 | 4 August 18 | |
Alright, making an uneducated guess it must be a warmer or more active continental plate. It's also been discovered that we have the longest volcanic chain in the world.. It runs in a straight line from the northern tip of Queensland all the way down to Tasmania! That's very long. The same plume in the mantle is responsible for having formed this chain over time as the plate moved above it. |
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@shadow27 | 4 August 18 | |
I wonder if it's more flexible or more rigid than the surrounding plates? Composition could play a role, too. But if heat is the main source that is generating the motion, maybe something like that plume explains it..
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@obi_jon | 4 August 18 | |
Plate tectonics.
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@shadow27 | 4 August 18 | |
I don't know if any of you knew this, but Australia is the oldest continent. 4.4 - 4.5 billion years old.. That's as old as chunks of rock we have picked up on the Moon. Early Earth didn't even have plate tectonics. Like one big giant shell. As far as planets go, we're the exception rather than the rule! |
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