A study reveals that the oldest continental crust on Earth is slowly being broken up by shifting tectonic forces.

Earth's continents have been leaking nutrients into the ocean for at least 3.7 billion years, new research suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Some areas of continental crust have maintained long-term stability from the beginning of Earth's history, with little destruction by tectonic events or mantle convection, known as cratons. Phys.org ...

Both elements have long been used to study the history of continental crust. According to the researchers, certain signatures of hafnium and neodymium that appear during the Archean eon would have had ...

The processes that form and recycle continental crust have changed through time. Numerical models reveal an evolution from extensive recycling on early Earth as the lower crust peeled away, to ...

More than 90% of Earth's continental crust is made up of silica-rich minerals, such as feldspar and quartz. But where did this silica-enriched material come from? And could it provide a clue in ...