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Earth’s early history told by 3.9-billion-year-old rocks from northern China
This is a summary of: Xie, H. et al. Hadean mantle depletion and 3.95-Gyr subduction implied by North China rocks. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11280-2 (2026).
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