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Some of Earth's oldest crust is disintegrating. No cause for alarm, folks.
The processes led to the lithosphere, which consists of the Earth's crust and upper mantle, thinning and extending seaward.
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IGGCAS researchers showed that the vigorous crust deformation and magmatism of the North China Craton can be associated with the thinning lithosphere. Its loss of stability has been considered as ...
Geodynamic mantle-flow model explains deformation of continental crust block in North China
This rollback caused extensional deformation, resulting in thinning of the lithosphere and the formation of rift basins with ...