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Some of Earth's oldest crust is disintegrating. No cause for alarm, folks.
But new research suggests that even the oldest crust is disintegrating due to natural ... by this special form of subduction occurring near oceanic plates, revealing how the continents evolved ...
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Geologists Found the World’s Oldest Crater—and It Might Have Jumpstarted All Life on Earth
The oldest Archaean crater before this discovery ... of erosion and subduction in recycling primary (basaltic, oceanic) crust back into the convecting mantle,” Kirkland and Johnson said in ...
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Earth’s Oldest Crater May Have Jumpstarted All Life
The oldest Archaean crater before this discovery went back only ... reflecting the destructive efficiency of erosion and subduction in recycling primary (basaltic, oceanic) crust back into the ...