[Rockhounds] Drowned island the size of Iceland found off Brazil

[Paul]

Drowned island the size of Iceland found off Brazil
News By Eos.org, Erin Martin-Jones published 19 hours ago
An undersea volcanic plateau in the southwestern Atlantic
was a tropical island 45 million years ago.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/imagine-a-lush-tropical-island-slipping-beneath-the-waves-drowned-island-the-size-of-iceland-found-off-brazil

The open access paper is:

Srivastava, P., J. Murton, B., Sant’Anna, L.G., Florindo, F.,
Hassan, M.B., Taciro Mandacaru Guerra, J., de Assis Janasi,
V. and Jovane, L., 2023. Red clays indicate sub-aerial exposure
of the Rio Grande Rise during the Eocene volcanic episode.
Scientific Reports, 13(1), p.19092.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-46273-y
https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/536294/1/s41598-023-46273-y.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/375341416_Red_clays_indicate_subaerial_exposure_of_the_Rio_Grande_Rise_during_the_Eocene_volcanic_episode

Yourd,

Paul H.