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Tectonic Plates Have a Memory – And It’s Changing What We Know About Earth
Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...
Planetary scientists reveal how the Earth and Moon actually formed
Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...
Earth’s First Crust Was Continental – Long Before Plate Tectonics Began
New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...
Uh, Looks Like North America is ‘Dripping’ Into Earth’s Mantle
Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.
Researchers discover Earth's first crust, formed 4.5 billion years ago, had chemical features simil
Scientists have long thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see in continents.
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Earth's crust is surprisingly similar to how it was 4 billion years ago
Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...
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Early Earth's first crust composition discovery rewrites geological timeline
Continental clues: Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet’s history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics. Researchers have made a new ...