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What Lies Beneath: Exploring the Astonishing Secrets of the Mariana Trench
The Mariana Trench, located in the Pacific Ocean, is the deepest known part of the Earth's oceans, plunging nearly 36,000 ...
A Fragment of Earth’s Original Crust Still Exists—and It’s Buried in Canada
Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...
Commotion over what is happening in East Africa: rivers of lava emerge from the bowels of the Earth in an area where a new continent is forming
There are some weather phenomena that are more surprising than others, but without a doubt, the eruption of lava in ...
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Scientists discover that the oldest continental crust on Earth is disintegrating
A study reveals that the oldest continental crust on Earth is slowly being broken up by shifting tectonic forces.
The oldest rocks on Earth are more than 4 billion years old
Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...
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These rocks are probably the last remains of Earth's early crust
Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...
Scientists Rewrite the Story of Earth’s First Continents With a Fiery New Twist
New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...
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Fresh lava from Earth's mantle found bursting onto the surface where a new ocean is forming
Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...
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A Fragment of Earth’s Original Crust Still Exists—and It’s ... - AOL
Earth is about 4.5 billion years old, and as the eons passed, the crust of the young planet experienced turbulence. Asteroid collisions shattered some parts, which melted and recrystallized, while ...