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Researchers used zircons and AI to reconstruct Earth's ancient crust, revealing possible tectonic processes from the planet's ...
New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...
New research has dramatically reshaped our understanding of Earth’s early geological history, overturning traditional beliefs ...
Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...
"This has profound implications for how we interpret surface volcanism, earthquake activity and the process of continental ...
The research revealed that Earth’s first crust, formed about 4.5 billion years ago, likely had chemical features similar to those of today’s continental crust.
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Why The Oldest Continental Crust Doesn’t Last Forever They’re the most stable parts of the planet until they aren’t, and geologists want to know what causes the change.
Scientists discovered a microcontinent between Greenland and Canada that could explain their evolution. The microcontinent ...
In 1981, scientists discovered one of the thinnest portions of the Earth’s crust — a 1-mile (1.6 kilometers) thick, earthquake-prone spot under the Atlantic Ocean where the American and African ...