Photoferrotrophic Bacteria Initiated Plate Tectonics in the Neoarchean

  • Rhaedas@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Interesting idea. I never thought that the thin crust needed some push to start cycling, I figured the circulation underneath was enough since it has been going for billions of years. But let’s not forget the real MVP, because without Theria slamming into the early Earth and forming the Moon from some of the lithosphere, the crust would have been too thick for any movement regardless.

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      1 year ago

      if anything i thought the opush wouldve been from asteroids/comets/planetesimals. thats why im not a scientist.