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.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom