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prior to the acceptance of continental drift, biologists frequently postulated submerged land
masses in order to account for populations of land-based species now separated by barriers
of water. Similarly, geologists tried to account for striking resemblances of rock formations
on different continents. The first systematic attempt was made by Melchior Neumayr in his
book Erdgeschichte in 1887. Many hypothetical submerged land bridges and continents
were proposed during the 19th century, in order to account for the present distribution of
species.
As Lemuria gained some acceptance within the scientific community, it began to appear in
the works of other scholars. Ernst Haeckel, a German Darwinian taxonomist, proposed
Lemuria as an explanation for the absence of "missing link" fossil records. According to
another source, Haeckel put forward this thesis prior to Sclater (but without using the name
'Lemuria'). Locating the origins of the human species on this lost continent, he claimed the
fossil record could not be found because it had sunk beneath the sea.
Other scientists hypothesized that Lemuria had extended across parts of the Pacific oceans,
explaining distributions of species across Asia and the Americas.
The Lemuria theory disappeared completely from conventional scientific consideration after
the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift were accepted by the larger scientific
community. According to the theory of plate tectonics (which is nowadays the only accepted
paradigm in geology), Madagascar and India were indeed once part of the same landmass
(thus accounting for geological resemblances), but plate movement caused India to break
away millions of years ago, and move to its present location. The original landmass broke
apart - it did not sink beneath the sea level."
-- Reference: Wikipedia.org
128 ..."Lake Toba in Sumatra"...
The Toba eruption (the Toba event) occurred at what is now Lake Toba about 67,500 to
75,500 years ago. It had an estimated Volcanic Explosivity Index of 8 (described as "megacolossal"),
making it possibly the largest explosive volcanic eruption within the last twentyfive
million years. The total amount of erupted material was about 2800 cubic km (670 cubic
miles) — around 2,000 km³ of ignimbrite that flowed over the ground and around 800 km³
that fell as ash, with the wind blowing most of it to the west.
By contrast, the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens ejected around 1.2 cubic km of material,
whilst the largest volcanic eruption in historic times, at Mount Tambora in 1815, emitted the
equivalent of around 100 cubic kilometers of dense rock and created the "Year Without a
Summer" as far away as North America."
The Toba eruption was the latest of a series of at least three calderra-forming eruptions
which have occurred at the volcano. Earlier calderas were formed around 700,000 and
840,000 years ago.
To give an idea of its magnitude, consider that although the eruption took place in Indonesia,
it deposited an ash layer approximately 15 cm (6 in) thick over the entire Indian
subcontinent; at one site in central India, the Toba ash layer today is up to 6 m (20 feet)
thick and parts of Malaysia were covered with 9 m of ashfall. In addition it has been
calculated that 10 10 metric tons of sulphuric acid was ejected into the atmosphere by
the event, causing acid rain fallout."
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