Scientists link Earth's missing billion years of rock record to deep mantle processes
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Earth's rock record has a huge gap of more than a billion years, known as the Great Unconformity, and scientists have long struggled to explain it. New computer models suggest the cause lies deep inside the planet, linked to ancient supercontinents breaking apart. The same process may also have helped set the stage for complex life.
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