Slab of Barrier Reef sea floor breaking off: scientists
- Published: 21 Dec 2012 at 08.46
- Online news: Asia
A huge slab of sea floor near the Great Barrier Reef is in the early stages of collapse and could generate a tsunami when it finally breaks off, researchers warned Friday.
A photo received from Australian Institute of Marine Science on October 2, 2012 shows Australia's Great Barrier Reef. A huge slab of sea floor near the Great Barrier Reef is in the early stages of collapse and could generate a tsunami when it finally breaks off, researchers warned.
Marine geologists from Australia's James Cook University have been using advanced 3D mapping techniques on the deepest parts of the reef -- below diving depth -- since 2007 and have discovered dozens of sub-marine canyons.
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