Asteroid Impact Infograph (IMAGE)

University of the Witwatersrand

Asteroid Impact Infograph

Caption

A model for the compositional evolution of the early Earth's crust due to fractional crystallization of impact melt sheets followed by detachment and sinking of their dense primitive portions towards the crust-mantle boundary.

Credit

Rais Latypov

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