Earth's youngest exposed granite and its tectonic implications: the 10–0.8 Ma Kurobegawa Granite
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Earth's youngest exposed granite and its tectonic implications: the 10–0.8 Ma Kurobegawa Granite
Although the quest for Earth's oldest rock is of great importance, identifying the youngest exposed pluton on Earth is also of interest. A pluton is a body of intrusive igneous rock that crystallized from slowly cooling magma at depths of several kilometers beneath the surface of the Earth. Therefore, the youngest exposed pluton represents the most recent tectonic uplift and highest exhumation....
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific Reports
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/srep01306