Earth’s first stable continents did not form by subduction

Tim E. Johnson (), Michael Brown, Nicholas J. Gardiner, Christopher L. Kirkland and R. Hugh Smithies
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Tim E. Johnson: The Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), Centre for Exploration Targeting – Curtin node, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems, Curtin University
Michael Brown: Laboratory for Crustal Petrology, University of Maryland
Nicholas J. Gardiner: The Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), Centre for Exploration Targeting – Curtin node, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems, Curtin University
Christopher L. Kirkland: The Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), Centre for Exploration Targeting – Curtin node, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems, Curtin University
R. Hugh Smithies: Geological Survey of Western Australia

Nature, 2017, vol. 543, issue 7644, 239-242

Abstract: Phase equilibria modelling of rocks from Western Australia confirms that the ancient continental crust could have formed by multistage melting of basaltic ‘parents’ along high geothermal gradients—a process incompatible with modern-style subduction.

Date: 2017
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