Open AccessExtinct Style of Plate Tectonics Explains Early Earth’s Flat Mountains
Author(s) -
Becca Dzombak
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2021eo210535
Subject(s) - plate tectonics , earth (classical element) , style (visual arts) , geology , tectonics , earth science , astrobiology , paleontology , geodesy , geography , archaeology , physics , astronomy
The geologic record suggests that despite Earth’s hot, thin crust during the Proterozoic, mountains were still able to form thanks to an extinct style of crustal deformation.