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Dr. Hanika Rizo co-authors publication: Iron isotopes trace primordial magma ocean cumulates melting in Earth's upper mantle

Dr. Hanika Rizo of the Earth Sciences Department at Carleton University has co-authored a publication in Science Advances about research that was performed on ancient rocks from Greenland and how they contain in their chemical composition, information of a period in the young Earth when its surface was molten.

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The article was also discussed in New Scientist as: Signs that Earth was once almost entirely molten found in ancient rock. To view this article, please click New Scientist

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