Water from both volcanic rocks and deep mantle melted Earth's crust 1.6 billion years ago. This long-lasting melting formed ...

Continental clues: Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet’s history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics. Credit: Morris McLennan, ...

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...

New Curtin-led research has revealed that water played a far bigger role than previously thought in shaping Earth's first ...

Geologists have made certain assumptions about how the crust making up our planet's earliest surface formed, but a new study has found that Earth's very first protocrust was surprisingly similar to ...

Earth's first crust, formed around 4.5 billion years ago, likely had chemical features similar to today's continental crust, suggesting that the distinctive chemical signature of continents was ...

Researchers discover Earth's first crust, formed 4.5 billion years ago, had chemical features similar to modern continental crust. (photo credit: Tanya Kalian. Via Shutterstock) A study published ...

This landmass, composed of thick continental crust, formed during the separation of Greenland and North America. The discovery highlights the significant role of lithospheric structures in ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have revealed that a portion of North America's ancient continental crust, known as ...

A study published in Nature on 2 April reveals that Earth's first crust, formed about 4.5 billion years ago, probably had chemical features remarkably like today’s continental crust. This suggests the ...

It reveals that Earth’s first crust, formed about 4.5 billion years ago, probably had chemical features remarkably similar to today’s continental crust. It’s long been thought that tectonic plates ...

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