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Uniformitarian Models and the Role of Asteroid Impacts in Earth Evolution

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The progressive identification of impact ejecta units in early greenstone belts, testifying to ongoing bombardment during the mid-Archaean and late-Archaean, raises questions regarding uniformitarian and plate tectonic models of early crustal evolution.

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Glikson, A.Y. (2013). Uniformitarian Models and the Role of Asteroid Impacts in Earth Evolution. In: The Asteroid Impact Connection of Planetary Evolution. SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6328-9_13

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