Birth of Earth's continents: New research points to crust stacking, rather than upwelling of hot material

Monday, September 16, 2013 - 12:00 in Earth & Climate

New research provides strong evidence against continent formation above a hot mantle plume, similar to an environment that presently exists beneath the Hawaiian Islands.

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