This split the supercontinent of Sahul into New Guinea and Australia, and cut Tasmania off from the mainland. The now-submerged continental shelves of Australia were thought to be environmentally ...

The shelf may have even bridged New Guinea to Australia, creating the supercontinent known as Sahul. However, about half of the shelf was taken over by rising sea levels. "We're talking about a ...

And the other one is the Sahul shelf. He explained that millions of years ago, two continental shelves existed: Sunda, often referred to as Sundaland, and Sahul. Sundaland encompasses Southeast ...