Continent Europe and Asia together as a single continent, dubbed "Eurasia". In this model, the world is divided into six continents, with North America and South America considered separate continents. Geologists use the term "continent" in a different manner from geographers. In geology a continent is defined by continental crust: a platform of metamorphic and igneous rock, largely of granitic composition. Some geologists restrict the term 'continent' to portions of the crust built around stable Precambrian "shield", typically 1.5 to 3.8 billion years old, called a craton. The craton itself is an accretionary complex of ancient mobile belts (mountain belts) from
Last Evenings On Earth (album) Last Evenings On Earth (album) Last Evenings On Earth is the second studio album by the London-based band Melt Yourself Down. It follows 2013's eponymous debut and "Live At The New Empowering Church", released for Record Store Day in 2014. The album is named after the collection of short stories by Chilean novelist Roberto Bolaño. The Leaf Label described the album as "a dizzying, continent-hopping voyage, darker and heavier than its predecessor". In an interview, bandleader Peter Wareham explained, "The need to dance is still there but now I’m feeling inspired by the idea of the city as a prism