Researchers discover Earth's first crust, formed 4.5 billion years ago, had chemical features simil
Scientists have long thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see ...
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Himalayas formation may have destroyed at least 30% of continental crust in collision zone
Furthermore, when two continental plates collide ... depending upon the initial crust thickness), while up to 50% of the Alps' volume may have been destroyed. Importantly, this loss to the ...