Oceania: Tectonic Ring of Fire

Voyage of the Continents Season 1 Episode 3

Overview:
Australia is the most stable continent on earth. That makes it an ideal location for scientists to study the early earth with 4.4 billion year old zircons and 2.6 billion year old stromatolites and thrombolites that created our oxygen atmosphere. But now the Australian Tectonic Plate is colliding with the Pacific Plate joining the ring of fire. In the north the collision created the Vanuatu Archipelago of 80 volcanic islands. In the east the collision is raising New Zealnd causing some 14,000 earthquakes each year.

Genre : Documentary

Actors : Anna Flori-Lamour

Release Date : 2012-06-06

Duration : 43 menit

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Other Episodes (Season 1)

Asia: The Tectonics of Life and Death
1. Asia: The Tectonics of Life and Death
Asia: Rising Mountains and Sinking Countries
2. Asia: Rising Mountains and Sinking Countries
Oceania: Tectonic Ring of Fire
3. Oceania: Tectonic Ring of Fire
Europe - Tropical Beginnings
4. Europe - Tropical Beginnings
Europe - A Turbulent Future
5. Europe - A Turbulent Future


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