Uncovering Earths oldest continental crust

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Uncovering Earths oldest continental crust

Scientists uncover insights into the formation of Earth's oldest continental crust.

By Jennifer Pascoe on September 19, 2016

https://www.ualberta.ca/science/science-news/2016/september/uncovering-earths-oldest-continental-crust

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160919121941.htm

 

The paper is:

 

Reimink, J. R., J. H. F. L. Davies, T. Chacko, R. A. Stern,

L. M. Heaman, C. Sarkar, U. Schaltegger, R. A. Creaser,  and

D. G. Pearson, 2016, No evidence for Hadean continental

crust within Earth’s oldest evolved rock unit. Nature

Geoscience, 2016; DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2786

http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2786.html

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.