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Bathymetric map of Zealandia

Bathymetric map of Zealandia - the continental crusts.

This map shows the edges of the continental crust that defines the continents of Australia and Zealandia. The Cato Fracture Zone narrowly separates the two discrete sets of crust.

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Rights: GSA Today, Volume 27 Issue 3 (March/April 2017), Article, pp. 27–35. Zealandia: Earth’s Hidden Continent. Nick Mortimer (GNS Science), Hamish Campbell et al. Drilling site annotation by Prof Stephen Pekar.
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