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To: JoeProBono
"their study suggests strongly a continental crust was present on Earth about 100 million years after the planet formed."

I can't believe this is a surprise. A mass of molten material would begin to cool immediately. The surface crust then forms an insulation layer that keeps the heat in and the surface cool. In Hawaii you can walk over lava only a few years old that has cracks in the surface and you can see a red hot interior through the cracks.

A hundred million years is a really long time.

21 posted on 02/24/2014 6:10:11 PM PST by norwaypinesavage (Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
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22 posted on 02/24/2014 6:20:23 PM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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