3.7 billion year old detrital sediments in Greenland are consistent with active plate tectonics in the Eoarchean
Abstract Plate tectonic processes modulate element cycling, crust generation, and differentiation, yet at what point in Earth’s history these processes emerged remains debated. Here we present evidence that parts of the >3.7 Ga Isua Supracrustal Belt formed within a fore-arc setting, consistent w...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2024-04-01
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Series: | Communications Earth & Environment |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01376-w |