According to scientists, the impact may have influenced the formation of the first continents by disrupting the Earth's crust. This collision could also have promoted the rise of magma from the mantle ...

Earth's crust, or the outermost shell of the ... The planet has "more stable formations of rock," called cratons, which "contain old 'roots' … from which tectonic plates extend," said Popular ...

Ancient, expansive tracts of continental crust called cratons have helped keep Earth's continents stable for billions of ...

Some areas of continental crust have maintained long-term stability from the beginning of Earth's history, with little destruction by tectonic events or mantle convection, known as cratons.

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Researchers have discovered a 3.5-billion-year-old meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, providing new insights into ...

The Archean Eon (4–2.5 million years ago) is the second of Earth’s four major geologic ... the giant precursors to continents known as cratons. The study’s authors believe this meteorite ...

Earth’s crust has undergone cycles of expansion ... While certain regions of the continental crust, known as cratons, have remained stable for billions of years, others have experienced ...

or by forcing magma to rise from deep within the Earth's mantle toward the surface. "It may have even contributed to the formation of cratons, which are large, stable landmasses that became the ...