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Sep. 22, 2021 —The continents, a specific feature of our planet, still hold many secrets. Using chemical data on sedimentary rocks compiled from the scientific literature from the 1980s to the present day, ...
Sep. 7, 2020 —Researchers have discovered microdiamonds in the Nishisonogi metamorphic rock formation in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Microdiamonds in metamorphic rocks are important minerals because they form in ...
Oct. 19, 2020 —Rocks from the Rio Grande continental rift have provided a rare snapshot of active geology deep inside Earth's crust, revealing new evidence for how continents remain stable over billions of ...
Apr. 26, 2021 —Researchers using a new method involving the mineral barite have dated the first emergence of continental crust to 500 million years earlier than previously ...
Jan. 12, 2021 —Researchers have used ancient crystals from eroded rocks found in stream sediments in Greenland to successfully test the theory that portions of Earth's ancient crust acted as 'seeds' ...
Feb. 8, 2022 —Ancient rocks on the coast of Oman that were once driven deep down toward Earth's mantle may reveal new insights into subduction, an important tectonic process that fuels volcanoes and creates ...
Dec. 2, 2020 —早期histor地质学家们做了新的阐述y of the Earth through their discovery that continents were weak and prone to destruction in their ...
Feb. 14, 2023 —What role could rifted margins play in the transition to a carbon-neutral economy? Researchers summarize the current state of knowledge about the so-called rifting of continents. Rifting is the term ...
Feb. 1, 2022 —A new study advances the understanding of the role that continents have played in the chemical evolution of Earth's oceans, with implications for understanding atmospheric oxygenation and global ...
May 4, 2023 —New research deepens the understanding of Earth's crust by testing and ultimately eliminating one popular hypothesis about why continental crust is lower in iron and more oxidized compared to ...