Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought.
A comprehensive examination of the oldest minerals on the planet, microscopic grains of zircon more resistant than diamond, ...
7 continents of the world: The Earth consists of 71% and 29% of landmasses. These land masses are further divided into continents. The complicated geological process of plate tectonics led to the ...
The history of Earth's continents might be different from what we first thought. The most popular theory of how the continents formed billions of years ago may not be right, according to a paper in ...
The formation of Earth’s continents billions of years ago set the stage for life to thrive. But scientists disagree over how those land masses formed and if it was through geological processes we ...
Olivine cumulate from the Weltevreden Formation showing that although these cumulates are significantly altered, they still contain preserved unaltered olivine cores (microscopic image taken in ...
The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated.
Computational modeling shows that plate tectonics weren't necessary for early continents. The formation of Earth's continents billions of years ago set the stage for life to thrive. But scientists ...
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