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Hard-cored continents

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Each continent contains pockets of ancient crust that appear to have been unaffected by tectonic forces since they formed billions of years ago. Why? There's now a fresh twist on the usual explanation.

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Figure 1: Archaean cratons and keels.

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    Andrew A. Nyblade

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Nyblade, A. Hard-cored continents. Nature 411, 38–39 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35075198

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