26.Scientists Think They've Found a Lost Continent in the Indian Ocean

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/02/25/lost_continent_of_mauritia_nature_geoscience_paper_finds_microcontinent.html

In Will Oremus' article, "Scientists Think They've Found a Lost Continent in the Indian Ocean," he reveals the possibility of the discovery of a lost continent at the Indian Ocean. He starts his article by referring to William Blake and comparing his discovery of the universe through a grain of sand and geologists discovery of a continent. Oremus shows proof that the minerals they found called Zircon comes from older, conitnental crust. Some geologists think that a part of Mauritius must have crumbled when Madagascar was drifitng apart. Other geologists thinkargues that these minerals must have fallen from"from a ship's ballast or modern construction materials." Another interesting fact of where Zircons was found is that there is a stronger magnetic field than expected and these could hint other places where landmasses could have fallen. Oremus ends his article by suggesting that geologists may have found the key to find the fallen landmasses.

The author's purpose in writing this article is to reveal a discovery that geologists made and the possible future discoveries of landmasses. This article's audience would be geologists and everyone who is interested in geology. Oremus is able to show the different opinions of geologists. Some think that the Zircons are not a solid proof, since the mineral Zircon could have accidentally fallen into the ocean. While others think that it is a big proof, along with the stronger-than-expected magnetic forces.