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Tethys Ocean
Coverage of Tethys Ocean in the Nexus archive.
- Ancient lost ocean may have built Central Asia’s dinosaur-era mountains
Scientists have found evidence that the vanished Tethys Ocean may have shaped Central Asia's mountainous landscape during the dinosaur era. The discovery was made using decades of geological data and suggests that tectonic activity linked to the ancient ocean played a major role in mountain formation. Climate and mantle processes had a minor role.