Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

It’s long been thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see in ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, ...

“This discovery has major implications for how ... The new model demonstrated that Earth’s early crust fractured, with portions thickening into the precursors of continents while the molten ...

Researchers have discovered cratonic thinning occurring beneath North America, driven by the remnants of the Farallon Plate.