Geologists have made certain assumptions about how the crust making up our planet's earliest surface formed, but a new study ...

Beneath the surface of the United States, the Earth's crust is gradually subsiding, creating a novel geological phenomenon.

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

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

Earth’s earliest crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, has long been thought to have lacked the complex chemical features ...

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

A new study has changed what scientists thought they knew about Earth’s early history. Researchers have discovered that the ...

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

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

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

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics ...

A study published in Nature on 2 April reveals that Earth's first crust, formed about 4.5 billion years ago, probably had chemical features remarkably like today’s continental crust. This ...