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New Scientist16h
Ancient rocks show earliest evidence of tectonic activity on Earth
The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...
Geologists Decode Earth’s 4.4-Billion-Year-Old “Missing” Crust
Researchers used zircons and AI to reconstruct Earth's ancient crust, revealing possible tectonic processes from the planet's ...
Scientists Rewrite the Story of Earth’s First Continents With a Fiery New Twist
New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN5d
Scientists Uncover a Groundbreaking New Origin for Earth’s First Continents
New research has dramatically reshaped our understanding of Earth’s early geological history, overturning traditional beliefs ...
Scientists Found a Place Where the Earth’s Layers Are Upside Down
Normally, younger rocks are deposited above older ones, forming predictable geologic layers. In the North Sea, this process ...
The oldest rocks on Earth are more than 4 billion years old
Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...
The Maravi Post10d
A continent in the making: How lava bursts from Earth’s mantle are creating a new ocean in Africa
In the Afar Depression of East Africa, a remarkable geological transformation is unfolding, with scientists revealing that ...
Geologists suggest early continents formed through mantle plumes, not plate collisions
Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...
Mirage News13d
HKU: Early Continents Shaped by Mantle Plumes, Not Plates
An illustration depicting the formation of TTGs in a two-stage mantle plume-sagduction model.Image credit: Adapted from Zhao, ...
Space.com13d
A newly forming ocean may split Africa apart, scientists say
"This has profound implications for how we interpret surface volcanism, earthquake activity and the process of continental ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN15d
Beneath Africa’s Crust, Lava is Preparing to Split a Continent in Two
Deep within the Earth’s mantle, rhythmic pulses of hot lava are emerging on the surface, offering a rare glimpse into the forces driving the creation of a new ocean. These pulses, coming from a ...
Frontiers17d
Continental Basin and Orogenic Processes: Tectonic Deformation and ...
Plate tectonics shapes giant basins and orogens in the Earth’s continents, such as the Tibetan Plateau, the Zagros, the Andes, the Alps and their adjacent basins, and the Basin and Range province in ...