
How Does Earth’s Continental Crust Form? A New Bottom-Up Theory
Scientists have long believed that continental crust forms in volcanic arcs. The lingering question has been how exactly that happens.
Scientists have long believed that continental crust forms in volcanic arcs. The lingering question has been how exactly that happens.
Far south and farther south, where winds are cold and screaming,
Waters churn, and deep below, old sediments lie dreaming.
A million years’ residuum of life and death and dust,
A library of ice ages reposed upon Earth’s crust.