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The floor is lava: after 1.5 billion years in flux, here’s how a new, stronger crust set the stage for life on Earth – MENAFN.COM
Our planet is unique in the Solar system. It’s the only one with active plate tectonics, ocean basins, continents and, as far as we know, life. But Earth in its…
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Fabio A Capitanio
(MENAFN – The Conversation) Our planet is unique in the Solar system. It’s the only one with active plate tectonics, ocean basins, continents and, as far as we know, life. But Earth in its current form is 4.5 billion years in the making; it’s starkly different to what it was in a much earlier era.
Details about how, when and why the planet’s early history unfolded as it did have largely eluded scientists, mainly because of the sparsity of preserved rocks from this geological…
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