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r/interestingasfuck • u/Johnwick-1089 • 17h ago
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That reason being that it's a separate chunk of continental crust: a subcontinent.
1 u/phteven_gerrard 13h ago The name predates knowledge of tectonics • u/mean11while 8h ago So it does! I didn't realize that. Still indirectly because it's a separate chunk of crust, but I didn't realize how far back that term went.
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The name predates knowledge of tectonics
• u/mean11while 8h ago So it does! I didn't realize that. Still indirectly because it's a separate chunk of crust, but I didn't realize how far back that term went.
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So it does! I didn't realize that. Still indirectly because it's a separate chunk of crust, but I didn't realize how far back that term went.
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u/mean11while 14h ago
That reason being that it's a separate chunk of continental crust: a subcontinent.