Real Park of the Jurassic period have been found in Australia, researchers from the University of Shotlandskogo. Under the main oil and gas field of the country near Cooper-Erromango revealed a complex of more than one hundred ancient volcanoes, buried under thick layer of sand and stones. Whether local residents to worry about, or is it just a geological fact, which can live in peace?
The discovery of new volcanoes in Australia
Despite the active development of the field, a unique feature of this region was opened and seen only now. According to the journal Gondwana Research open volcanoes were formed in the Jurassic period about 180 million years ago. Despite the fact that Central Australia currently consists of a sun-scorched desert, during the era of the dinosaurs, this area was quite picturesque place. The mining area is Cooper-Erromango was completely riddled with craters, which almost always erupted streams of hot lava that form the surrounding landscape.
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The most famous cricket player
Discovered volcanic Park will now be able to attract tourists not only for its history but also a very original name. The researchers decided to name his discovery as Warnie Volcanic Province in honor of a rather famous cricket player named Shane Warne. Such an unusual idea found its implementation because of held cricket match, which coincided with the discovery of an ancient chain of volcanoes. Ready to share in our Telegram chat your opinion about this?
Despite its original title, the discovery may point to a huge number of yet undiscovered features of the landscape of Australia. Due to the fact that the Central region of this continent remain at present virtually unexplored, in the future, scientists expect even greater discoveries.