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including papers on Arctic-boreal wildfires, craton deformation, extreme weather trends, earthquake-induced gold nugget formation, and more.
including papers on Arctic-boreal wildfires, craton deformation, extreme weather trends, earthquake-induced gold nugget formation, and more.
The processes that control the deformation and eventual destruction of Earth’s oldest continental crust are unclear. Mantle flow models suggest subduction played a role in the deformation of the North China Craton.