Ropy Basaltic Flows in Hawaii (IMAGE)

Curtin University

Ropy Basaltic Flows in Hawaii

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New Curtin University research on the remixing of Earth's stratified deep interior suggests that global plate tectonic processes, which played a pivotal role in the existence of life on Earth, started to operate at least 3.2 billion years ago.

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Professor Zheng-Xiang Li

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