Minerals yield signs of early plate tectonics

Evidence of 4-billion-year-old subduction points to an early start for modern-Earth geology.

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Hopkins, M., Harrison, T. M. & Manning, C. E. Nature 456, 493–496 (2008).
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Nicola Jones
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Jones, N. Minerals yield signs of early plate tectonics. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.1256