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Study shows that Rio Grande Rise was once a giant mineral-rich tropical island near Brazil

Publicado em 01 de fevereiro de 2024
A study led by scientists at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil has shown that the Rio Grande Rise (RGR), a possibly continental basaltic plateau and chain of seamounts now submerged in the South Atlantic Ocean some 1,200 km from the coast of Brazil, was once a giant tropical island, rich in minerals and covered with vegetation. Geologists have dated sediments from the formation to between 45 million and 40 million years ago. The study, which involved almost 10 years of [...]