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Kent Condie Created 2026-10-25 Updated 2026-11-05
Kent Condie coauthored work using ancient volcanic rocks to constrain the Earth's thermal history. Dated compositions were interpreted through melting models and compared with the evolution expected from internal heating and surface heat loss.[ref]
Thermal history of the Earth and its petrological expression by Claude Herzberg and others. Abstract: ancient non-arc basalts and thermal-history interpretation
The approach depends on identifying suitable source rocks and allowing for modification between initial melting and preservation.
Thermal history of the Earth and its petrological expression by Claude Herzberg and others 2026-10-25
Earth and Planetary Science Letters 292, 79–88. Models primary liquids and ambient mantle potential temperature; estimates thick ancient oceanic crust and distinguishes non-arc basalts from komatiites.