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Dalrymple GB (2001) The age of the Earth in the twentieth century: a problem (mostly) solved.
J Geol Soc London Spec Publ 190(1):205–221
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continental growth 3 billion years ago. Science 335:1334–1336
Gastil G (1960) The distribution of mineral dates in time and space. Am J Sci 258:1–35
Engel AEJ, Engel CG (1964) Continental accretion and the evolution of North America. In
Advancing Frontiers in Geology and geophysics, Volume in honour of M.S. Kishnam,
Hyderabad, Indian Geophysical Union 17–37
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monograph No. 13, The Earth’s Crust and Upper mantle, American Geophys Union,
pp 489–495
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Earth Planet Inter 3:359–371
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Viking, Published by the Penguin Group Inc., New York, 306 p
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enriched reservoir revealed by 142Nd deficits in Isua Archean rocks. Nature 491:96–100
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Hekinian R, Binard N (2008) Le feu des abysses. Editions QUAE, France, 175 p
Jacobs JA (1967) The Earth’s core and geomagnetism. Pergamon Press, Headinggton Hill Hall
137 p
Labrosse S, Poirier J-P, le Mouël J-L (2001) The age of the inner core. Earth Planet Sci Lett
190:111–123
Le Pichon X (1968) Sea floor continental drift. J Geophy Res 73(12):3661–3696
Melbom A (2008) The rise and fall of great ideas. Science 319:418–419
Morgan WJ (1968) Rises, trenches, great faults and crustal blocks. J Geophys Res 73:1959–1982
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neon and xenon. Nature 486:101–104
Myers JS, Crowley JL (2000) Vestiges of life in the oldest Greenland rocks? A review of early
Archean geology in the Godthabsfjord region, and reappraisal of field evidence for[3850 Ma
life on Akilia. Precambian Res 103(2–4):101–124
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Pappalardo RT, Head JW, Greeley R, Sullivan RJ, Pilcher C, Schubert G, Moore WB, Carr MH,
Moore JM, Belton JS, Goldsby DL (1998) Geological evidence for solid-state convection in
Europa’s ice shell. Nature 391:365–368
Pearson DG, Parman SW, Nowell GM (2008) A link between large mantle melting events and
continent growth seen in osmium isotopes. Nature 449:202–205
Schidlowski M (2001) Carbon isotopes as biogeochemical recorders of life over 3.8 Ga. The age
and accretion of the earth. Earth Sci Rev 59:235–263
Turikian KK (1968) Oceans Foundation of earth science series. Prentice-Hall Englewood-Cliffs,
New Jersey 120 p
Vine FH, Matthews DH (1963) Magnetic anomalies over the spreading ridges. Nature
199:947–949
von Huenen R, Scholl DW (1991) Observation at convergent margins concerning sediment
subduction, subduction erosion, and growth of the continental crust. Rev Geophy 29:279–316
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existence of continental crust and oceans on the Earth 4.4 Gyr ago. Nature 409:175–178
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