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Daily Mail News UK – Science
By JONATHAN CHADWICK FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 10:00 EDT, 9 October 2023 | UPDATED: 10:02 EDT, 9 October 2023
Scientists have identified a long-lost tectonic plate in the west Pacific Ocean.
Called Pontus, the ‘mega-plate’ was once 15 million square miles, about a quarter the size of the Pacific Ocean today.
But it was slowly subducted and lost over millions of years, pulled down under a neighbouring plate by gravity.
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