Recently, geologists found that during the time of pre-dinosaurs, or about thousands of millions years ago, Thailand and Australia were close neighbours.  Hard to believe?  
It’s true, technically.
          Alan Collin and Romana Dew, geologists from University of Adelaide, present this exciting discovery in a recent article in the Conversation.  By studying the age of granites in Thailand, they found that basement rocks in the northern and north western part of present Thailand, known as Sibumasu, had similar compositions of rocks occurred smeared along the west coast of Australia, and especially in the Margaret River wine region of Western Australia.  In their own words:  “some fictional time-travelling Phuket beach-lover could have walked to the Pilbara in Western Australia. A pre-Jurassic culture vulture in Ayutthaya could have trekked over an ancient Indonesian-like volcanic island chain, and some Khao Yai elephant-ancestor could have rampaged through the site of the Perth CBD.”  Mr Collin and Ms Dew also predict a positive outlook for the future. “Since Australia is currently moving up north for 7 centimetres per year, so Australians, just hang on, enjoy the ride, in a few tens of million years the southern Thai beaches will be a short drive away.”  Likewise, the Thai people also enthusiastically wait for that time to welcome Australian friends arriving Thailand by 4WDs.

Read the full article at:  https://theconversation.com/when-thailand-and-australia-were-closer-neighbours-tectonically-speaking-100824