Geologists at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, have confirmed the existence of a small piece of an ancient continent, called Mauritia, beneath modern-day Mauritius. This is Indian Ocean topography showing the location of Mauritius as part of a chain of progressively older volcanoes extending from the presently active hot-spot of Reunion toward the 65-million-year-old Deccan traps of northwest India. Image credit:...
