Researchers discover Archean continental rocks at the southwest Indian ridge - EurekAlert

A joint research team led by Prof. LIU Chuanzhou from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics (IGG) of Chinese Academy of Sciences, found abyssal peridotites dredged from the seafloor along the Southwest Indian Ridge that are the oldest rocks from the ocean e…

image: A representative image of the studied mantle rocks dredged from the Southwest Indian Ridgeview more  Credit: LIU Chuanzhou In between Earth's rigid tectonic plates above and its convecting m… [+2908 chars]

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