Geodynamic and metabolic cycles in the Hadean
High-degree melting of hot dry Hadean mantle at ocean ridges and plumes resulted in a crust about 30km thick, overlain in places by extensive and thick mafic volcanic plateaus. Continental crust, by contrast, was relatively thin and mostly submarine. At constructive and destructive plate boundaries,...
| Published in: | Biogeosciences |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2005-01-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/2/97/2005/bg-2-97-2005.pdf |