Hadean Earth and primordial continents: The cradle of prebiotic life

The Hadean history of Earth is shrouded in mystery and it is considered that the planet was born dry with no water or atmosphere. The Earth-Moon system had many features in common during the birth stage. Solidification of the dry magma ocean at 4.53 Ga generated primordial continents with komatiite....

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Main Authors: M. Santosh, T. Arai, S. Maruyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987116300834