Earth's oldest stable crust in the Pilbara Craton formed by cyclic gravitational overturns
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DOI: 10.1038/s41561-018-0105-9
Abstract: During the early Archaean, the Earth was too hot to sustain rigid lithospheric plates subject to Wilson Cycle-style plate tectonics. Yet by that time, up to 50% of the present-day continental crust was generated. Preserved… read more here.
Keywords: pilbara craton; oldest stable; stable crust; crust ... See more keywords