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The planet’s oldest minerals reveal possible continents before 4 billion years ago
The oldest crystals formed on Earth contain signs that continents existed during the Hadean Eon and were being subducted into the mantle more than 4 billion years ago. If true, this would not only ...
Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought.
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