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"We propose that this process of lithosphere growth—with diamonds attached to the supercontinent keel by the diapiric uprise of depleted buoyant material and pieces of slab crust—could have enhanced supercontinent stability."

Timmerman, S., Stachel, T., Koornneef, J.M. et al. Sublithospheric diamond ages and the supercontinent cycle. Nature (2023). doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-066 @science

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