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Underneath an early continent. (research of ancient Canadian lithosphere)
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September 22, 1990
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Underneath an early continent
The wind-scoured plains of northwest Canada above the Arctic circle present an image of primeval times. So it seems fitting that geologists have traveled there to probe eons back into Earth's history. After studying the ancient rocks preserved in this barren landscape, two scientists conclude that the lithosphere -- Earth's hard, outer skin -- underlying this region was far thinner 1.9 billion years ago than it is today.
Like a cracked eggshell, the lithosphere is broken into more than a dozen rigid plates that slowly rearrange ...
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