New Curtin-led research has revealed that water played a far bigger role than previously thought in shaping Earth's first ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

A major example of this plate movement is along ... to the pressure of the two plates colliding, which forces the continental crust to crumple and push upwards along the western coastline of ...

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics begin?

Researchers discover Earth's first crust, formed 4.5 billion years ago, had chemical features similar to modern continental crust. (photo credit: Tanya Kalian. Via Shutterstock) A study published ...

Situated on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland, the park provides a rare example of the process of continental drift, where deep ocean crust and the rocks of the earth's mantle lie exposed.