Lemuria (continent)

Lemuria is the name of a hypothetical "Lost Land" variously located in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Its 19th century origins lie in attempts to account for discontinuities in biogeography. Lemuria has been rendered superfluous by modern understanding of plate tectonics.

Related Topics:
Lost Land - Indian - Pacific - Biogeography - Plate tectonics

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Though Lemuria has passed out of the realm of science, it has been adopted by Occult writers, as well as among some Tamil people of India. Accounts of Lemuria differ according to the requirements of their contexts. However, all share a common belief that the continent existed in ancient times but sank beneath the ocean as a result of geological change, often cataclysmic.

Related Topics:
Occult - Tamil people - India - Cataclysm

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Geologists today regard sunken continents as physical impossibilities, given the isostatic equilibrium of continental plates floating on the thermoplastic mantle.

Related Topics:
Isostatic equilibrium - Mantle

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