continental crust
Britishnoun
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That evidence points to the São Francisco craton, one of the oldest and most stable regions of South America's continental crust.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2026
Their combined results point to a far livelier early Earth, suggesting that widespread subduction and the growth of continental crust may have begun several hundred million years earlier than earlier theories proposed.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2025
In a new study published in Nature Geoscience, the team found that creating long-lasting continental crust required extreme temperatures -- over 900 degrees Celsius -- in the planet's lower crust.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025
Ancient, expansive tracts of continental crust called cratons have helped keep Earth's continents stable for billions of years, even as landmasses shift, mountains rise and oceans form.
From Science Daily ● May 8, 2024
Earth is all magma and continental crust and ocean.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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