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English: Idealized cross section of continental lithosphere displaying different overall thickness characteristics of Archean, Proterozoic and Phanerozoic crust and lithospheric mantle. Lithosphere beneath Archean regions is of the order of 200–250 km thick and oceanic lithosphere is up to 100 km. Abbreviation: cb, cratonic basin; LIP, large igneous province;
MOR, mid-ocean ridge. |
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| Source | Cawood, P. A.; Chowdhury, P.; Mulder, J.A.; Hawkesworth, C. J.; Capitanio, F. A.; Gunawardana, P. M.; Nebel, O. (2022) "Secular evolution of continents and the Earth system", Reviews of Geophysics, Volume 60, article e2022RG000789, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022RG000789 , figure 6. |
| Author | Peter A. Cawood, Priyadarshi Chowdhury, Jacob A. Mulder, Chris J. Hawkesworth, Fabio A. Capitanio, Prasanna M. Gunawardana, and Oliver Nebel |
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