A Fully Sunken Continent; The Kerguelen Plateau

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  • Опубликовано: 19 дек 2024

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  • @dominicpolglase-uz9zs
    @dominicpolglase-uz9zs 4 часа назад +10

    Please do a video similar to this one about Haig Fras and the cornubian batholith. I live on the mainland, next to the political border of Devon and Cornwall within sight of a mine that had a geothermal spring in its deepest workings ( Wheal Martha consols). You could probably do video ( after planning) of both Devon and Cornwall in ten to fifteen minutes tops .
    Also happy Xmas .

  • @xwiick
    @xwiick 4 часа назад +10

    Thanks for all the hard work on these videos!

  • @ambergris5705
    @ambergris5705 3 часа назад +5

    I love how huge the Kerguelen are. Its main island is the third biggest French island, behind only Grand Terre (the main island of New Caledonia) and Corsica, and bigger than Martinique, Guadeloupe, Tahiti, Reunion Island... It's also really unusual, being very much at the border between the Antarctic Ocean and Indian Ocean (depending on the definition you take). Its name is also resolutely French (Britton to be precise) but at the same time, one doesn't necessarily expect France to have such a big piece of land there in the South. Also, it looks like a place with landscapes like no others. Makes you dream!

  • @Nightscape_
    @Nightscape_ 3 часа назад +14

    I'm happy I am not forced to live on an isolated research station, thousands of miles away from human civilization.

    • @annoyed707
      @annoyed707 2 часа назад

      Have you seen those crazy humans lately?

    • @WestOfEarth
      @WestOfEarth 2 часа назад +2

      Honestly, right now, I wish I was.

    • @Rejectsocialism
      @Rejectsocialism Час назад +2

      Looks nice to me.

    • @ludoviclemaignen9432
      @ludoviclemaignen9432 26 минут назад

      You wouldn't be forced but would need to volunteer

    • @tdw5933
      @tdw5933 16 минут назад

      It's not that bad.

  • @williamlloyd3769
    @williamlloyd3769 3 часа назад +6

    Incrediable to think such a large volume of land is no longer above the waves!

  • @luciusschoenbaum3844
    @luciusschoenbaum3844 3 часа назад +5

    Kergeulen, got it! Always something amazing I had no idea about in this big big world.

  • @nakor667
    @nakor667 4 часа назад +10

    Yay! Now do Doggerland and Greater New Zealand!

  • @robinguertin574
    @robinguertin574 4 часа назад +3

    Wow! Thank you, GH.

  • @whiteknightcat
    @whiteknightcat 4 часа назад +6

    I shall name thee ... Númenor!

  • @1234j
    @1234j 3 часа назад +1

    Fascinating, thank you. I read about this island group in a Biggles book over 50 years ago.🎉

  • @cinavik
    @cinavik 2 часа назад +1

    What great timing! The sailors in the round the world Vendee Globe race just passed Kerguelen in their journey around Antarctica. These boats also collect valuable ocean climate data.

  • @helenamcginty4920
    @helenamcginty4920 4 часа назад +15

    I love this channel and your soft way of speaking. Learning and relaxation in one package.

    • @srf2112
      @srf2112 3 часа назад

      It's an ai voice. Listen to it pronounce certain words phonetically.

    • @endoline8221
      @endoline8221 2 часа назад +3

      @@srf2112 he literally shows his face, youre not very bright

    • @Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88
      @Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88 2 часа назад

      ​@@srf2112 he himself has explained he is autistic and that's why his speech is the way it is.

    • @Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88
      @Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88 2 часа назад

      ​​@@srf2112 he's already explained that he's autistic and that's why his speech is the way it is. I've been listening to his channel from nearly the beginning and can assure you, this is a living, breathing human, not an AI generated voice..

    • @maryfreeman3341
      @maryfreeman3341 2 часа назад +1

      I often listen a 2nd time to view the amazing informative graphics and graphs.

  • @jokerace8227
    @jokerace8227 4 часа назад +15

    Ah yes, that Kerguelen Island is also very close to the Yellowstone Caldera's antipode, the original reason I looked at it.

    • @lars5671
      @lars5671 3 часа назад +1

      Atlas pro has a simmilar theory about meteor strikes making vulcanic hot spots. Hawaii is directly opposite a huge meteor strike in south africa. And as the tectonic plate slides over the hot spot it creates islands. Neat 😁

  • @AaronGeo
    @AaronGeo 4 часа назад +24

    Imagine if we still had it today, it would've been a mega South Hemisphere Iceland.

  • @martinsportfoto2423
    @martinsportfoto2423 3 часа назад +5

    2:45 "... only ten thousand cubic kilometers of molten rock ..."
    We know the subject is geology when ten thousand cubic kilometers of anything is considered to be "only" 🙂

  • @jamesharmer9293
    @jamesharmer9293 3 часа назад +2

    I first heard about Kerguelen when I read "Biggles Second Case"" when I was a boy. A gripping tale of a Nazi U-Boat commander who refuses to surrender after the war is over and hides out in the seas surrounding Kerguelen with some ill gotten gold. Stirring stuff.

  • @angelcosta4383
    @angelcosta4383 4 часа назад +3

    Nice, like rockall, you could do another video about it

  • @sirskidney7998
    @sirskidney7998 2 часа назад

    Hi GH, thanks for this amazing account of the rise and fall of Kerguelen. I had absolutely no idea that McDonald and Heard Islands and Bunbury, would have even been mentioned in this one! Mind blown 🤯 Keep up the great work!

  • @ZebaKnight
    @ZebaKnight 2 часа назад

    Wow. I had wondered if any large "land masses" had ever been subducted under other plates. I had never heard this amazing story. Thanks, as always.

  • @1001Wildthings
    @1001Wildthings 17 минут назад +1

    Wow... Zealandia, Kerguelen... How many more submerged and partially submerged continents will we find! As a resident of Zealandia (above sea level), I'm fascinated by these micro-continents!

  • @ZenithLegend
    @ZenithLegend 3 часа назад

    Kerguelen Island was always one of my favourites to explore, learning about remote islands through Google Maps and Wikipedia.

  • @TheSpaceEnthusiast-vl6wx
    @TheSpaceEnthusiast-vl6wx Час назад

    Thanks as always, Geology Hub! It is lovely that you covered these fascinating islands and the microcontinent the are part of; I wonder if the Kerguelen plateau is an example of how much of today's continental crust formed, and what will happen to it in the Geological future.
    The 90-East ridge and Broken ridge are a testament to how India moved northward.
    The Broken Ridge and the area immediately surrounding it must be studied further, both for geological understanding and the possibility that Malaysian Airlines Flight MH 370 may be there...

  • @nkronert
    @nkronert Час назад

    Fascinating!

  • @brandonboulton2776
    @brandonboulton2776 2 часа назад

    I find the whole subject of isostatic geographic rising and lowering fascinating. Especially as it relates to the timing of cyclical cataclysms.

  • @deltalima6703
    @deltalima6703 3 часа назад

    Interesting. Honestly never heard of it before.

  • @shaun8256
    @shaun8256 14 минут назад

    That's where the horn resounding is!

  • @Arhius
    @Arhius 4 часа назад +5

    You're tuly amazing in your job. You found the Atlantis and explained to us how it was created and how it was destroyed! 😮🙇👍❤

  • @tHebUm18
    @tHebUm18 5 минут назад

    Reiterating a prior suggestion to do a hypothetical about a modern day flood basalt event starting and the effects it would have both locally to where it kicked off and globally as time went along.

  • @arkwill14
    @arkwill14 3 часа назад

    0:18 - Wouldn't the shallowest points remaining of this landmass be the shores of the islands that still exist?

  • @Cerbera66
    @Cerbera66 4 часа назад

    Thank for the interesting video and my comment for the algorithm 😊🍀

  • @etherealswordsman3214
    @etherealswordsman3214 3 часа назад

    Hi, Neon here. While we're in the antarctic region, I would like to suggest a theme for a future video, The Crozet Islands. they're a funky group, have fun.

  • @brqxton8974
    @brqxton8974 3 часа назад +1

    to think we could have had 2 new zealands...

  • @trufles2255
    @trufles2255 3 часа назад

    Earthquake swarm at Salton Buttes earlier today

  • @SheepWaveMeByeBye
    @SheepWaveMeByeBye 3 часа назад +1

    There is nothing micro about the Kergeulen plateau.

  • @velvet3784
    @velvet3784 2 часа назад

    Yes I have wondered is it a lost continent like Zealandia, and I am so interested in how it looked like, like biomes etc

  • @quakekatut8641
    @quakekatut8641 3 часа назад

    Kerguelen Plateau … a geologically powerful place … along with other plateaus around the world! The antipode of Kerguelen Plateau is … Yellowstone region!

  • @barrydysert2974
    @barrydysert2974 Час назад

    i am currently studying the Siletzia LIP with Nick Zentner. i'd love to learn about the worlds other LIP's from You !:-)

  • @snarky_user
    @snarky_user 2 часа назад

    When can we expect the next LIP?

  • @thomascheymol2856
    @thomascheymol2856 3 часа назад

    @geologyhub. You do not mention why the plateau submerged ? Is it due to thermal subsidience ? Thanks

  • @keithwolf2537
    @keithwolf2537 Час назад

    GET READY!

  • @petepal55
    @petepal55 Час назад +1

    How did this affect, or was affected by, the collision of India and Asia 50 myo?

  • @scottbruner9266
    @scottbruner9266 Час назад

    “7.9% larger than Delaware”
    That’s about as “in the weeds” as you can get with the details.
    😂

  • @malcolmjcullen
    @malcolmjcullen 22 минуты назад

    Great video. It's pronounced "Ker-gay-len", btw, not "Ker-guh-len".

  • @DaBlazesUSay
    @DaBlazesUSay 2 часа назад

    Kerguelen; The place to go to truly get away from it all!

  • @billmiller4972
    @billmiller4972 2 часа назад

    So, a whole continent can sink below the waves?

  • @vanhouten64
    @vanhouten64 Час назад

    Imagine the fossilized creatures and plants that must lie there, hopelessly inaccessible (that is, if there are any fossil-bearing sedimentary rocks there)

  • @Kerbhunter_Alex
    @Kerbhunter_Alex 54 минуты назад

    I just watched the series "La Palma" and I was wondering if it is really possible if 2 ends of a tsunami cancel each other out, like in the series?

  • @t-bonejones3576
    @t-bonejones3576 3 часа назад

    Fully sunken?
    Shallowest spot is submerged?
    What about Heard Island?
    McDonald Island?

  • @dienadel30
    @dienadel30 Час назад

    Would have been something for us to fight over I would venture to guess :/

  • @Flipflopskipskop
    @Flipflopskipskop 4 часа назад +2

    Kip!! That's what this dude sounds like. This dude is Napoleon Dynamites brother.

    • @jwm6314
      @jwm6314 4 часа назад +1

      The volcano is showing increased activity and magma seems to be approaching the surface. I guess you could say things are getting pretty serious.
      Peaceout.

    • @user-pw6ei2mn7x
      @user-pw6ei2mn7x 3 часа назад

      Why be so nasty? It doesn’t do anything for you. 🍀🍀🍀

    • @Flipflopskipskop
      @Flipflopskipskop 2 часа назад

      @user-pw6ei2mn7x who's being nasty? What are you talking about?

  • @ReolSPro
    @ReolSPro 2 часа назад

    Pangea !

  • @wirthsanderson9415
    @wirthsanderson9415 4 часа назад +4

    atlantis