News articles tagged with 'craton'
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Water in Earth's mantle key to survival of oldest continents
— 3 Sep 2010 12:16 | Geology and palaeontologyEarth today is one of the most active planets in the Solar System, and was probably even more so during the early stages of its life. Thanks to the plate tectonics that continue to…
North American continent is a layer cake, scientists discover
— 26 Aug 2010 08:19 | Geology and palaeontologyThe North American continent is not one thick, rigid slab, but a layer cake of ancient, 3 billion-year-old rock on top of much newer material probably less than 1 billion years old,…
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