An exogenic to endogenic thermal transition on Earth 3.9 billion years ago

Abstract On Earth, the primary driver of crustal magmatism is generally viewed as endogenic, a manifestation of loss of primordial and radiogenic heat from the interior. However, a much higher impact flux during the Hadean and earliest Archean eons would have significantly contributed to the crustal...

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Main Authors: Christopher L. Kirkland, Janne Liebmann, Hamed Gamaleldien, Hugo K. H. Olierook, Maximilian Dröllner, Tim Johnson, Craig O’Neill, Axel K. Schmitt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02575-9
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