The formation and evolution of continental crust in geological history (IMAGE)

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The formation and evolution of continental crust in geological history

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Ancient plate tectonics in the Archean period differs from modern plate tectonics in the Phanerozoic period because of the higher mantle temperatures inside the early Earth, the thicker basaltic crust, and the non-depletion of melt-mobile incompatible trace elements in the mantle.

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