Sally Law
@sallylaw.bsky.social
Petrologist and geochemist @ University of Edinburgh, interested in Early Earth, and ponies.
Did Earth’s first continents form in subduction zones?
Me and Alan Hastie think so!
Why? Read in detail here in Journal of Petrology doi.org/10.1093/petr...
The take home: Melting @ < 60km ➡️ No rutile ➡️ no Nb anomaly ➡️ no continental crust signature.
Rutile + garnet only stable at ≥60 km.
Me and Alan Hastie think so!
Why? Read in detail here in Journal of Petrology doi.org/10.1093/petr...
The take home: Melting @ < 60km ➡️ No rutile ➡️ no Nb anomaly ➡️ no continental crust signature.
Rutile + garnet only stable at ≥60 km.
Subduction Origin of the Nb Anomaly in Earth’s Oldest Continents
Abstract. Earth is unique in the solar system in having plate tectonics, which controls the growth of life-sustaining continents and the habitability of ou
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July 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Did Earth’s first continents form in subduction zones?
Me and Alan Hastie think so!
Why? Read in detail here in Journal of Petrology doi.org/10.1093/petr...
The take home: Melting @ < 60km ➡️ No rutile ➡️ no Nb anomaly ➡️ no continental crust signature.
Rutile + garnet only stable at ≥60 km.
Me and Alan Hastie think so!
Why? Read in detail here in Journal of Petrology doi.org/10.1093/petr...
The take home: Melting @ < 60km ➡️ No rutile ➡️ no Nb anomaly ➡️ no continental crust signature.
Rutile + garnet only stable at ≥60 km.
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December 16, 2024 at 9:07 PM
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