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

“Our research shows that the chemical signatures we see in continental crust were created in Earth’s earliest period - regardless of how the planet’s surface was behaving,” says Professor Turner.

Geologists have made certain assumptions about how the crust making up our planet's earliest surface formed ... and you find ...

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

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...

The mantle is made up of magma, or molten rock. And the crust is this layer of solid ... meaning they're found mainly under the ocean, or continental, and mainly found under land.

It’s long been thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see in continents. The research shows this fingerprint existed in Earth’s first ...

A recent study challenges previous geological assumptions, revealing that Earth's initial protocrust closely resembled the ...

Beneath the surface of the United States, the Earth's crust is gradually subsiding, creating a novel geological phenomenon. Scientists from the USA and China have discovered that this may result from ...

Research results showed Earth’s earliest crust – known as the protocrust – that formed ... the research team I led tried a ...

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