Environmental, Science

Scientists Find ‘Birthmarks’ from Earth’s Infancy

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College Park, MD-(ENEWSPF)- University of Maryland Professor of Geology Richard Walker and fellow scientists in a multi-institution research team have found two ‘birthmarks’ within  Earth’s mantle (the rocky middle layer between Earth’s metallic core and outer crust), consisting of silicate material formed when our planet was less than 50 million years old.

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The team of researchers from the University of Maryland, University of Quebec at Montreal, Carnegie Institution for Science, University of California–Davis, McGill…

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