 Archean upper crust transition from mafic to felsic marks the onset of plate tectonics by Ming Tang and others

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Archean upper crust transition from mafic to felsic marks the onset of plate tectonics by Ming Tang and others by

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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26798012/

Authors: Ming Tang, Kang Chen, Roberta L. Rudnick.

Science 351, 372–375. Uses Ni/Co and Cr/Zn ratios to infer a change in upper continental crust composition during the Archean; the inferred timing of global plate tectonics is an interpretation.

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