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When Did The Plate Tectonics Begin? The Inception Of Plate Tectonics Based On The Existence Of Komatiites And Their Mgo Variations, Anıl Ardahanlioğlu, Efe Demi̇rci̇

Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration

The geoscientists have always wondered what evolutionary processes the Early Earth went through until it reached today. The beginning of the plate tectonics poses another matter of debate in these processes. Yet, the debates on when the plate tectonics began have not been resolved. In this sense, especially the lack of records regarding the period of time before the Cambrian Era is considered the biggest obstacle against resolution of these debates. The geoscientists have befitted from various methods to come up with different proposals about the beginning of the plate tectonics. The most notable rock type among the ones produced …