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Understanding How Continents Grow

September 10th, 2010 Posted in Geology.com

“The North American continent is not one thick, rigid slab, but a layer cake of ancient, 3 billion-year-old rock on top of much newer material probably less than 1 billion years old, according to a new study by seismologists at the University of California, Berkeley.” This information is a valuable clue to understanding how continents


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Understanding How Continents Grow

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