Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

Geologists have made certain assumptions about how the crust making up our planet's earliest surface formed, but a new study ...

Earth is the only known planet which has plate tectonics today. The constant movement of these giant slabs of rock over the ...

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

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It’s long been thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see in ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

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 ...

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 discovery that ...