No water, no granites ‐ No oceans, no continents
- 1 November 1983
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Geophysical Research Letters
- Vol. 10 (11) , 1061-1064
- https://doi.org/10.1029/gl010i011p01061
Abstract
Water is essential for the formation of granite and granite, in turn, is essential for the formation of continents. Earth, the only inner planet with abundant water, is the only planet with granite and continents. The Moon and the other inner planets have little or no water and no granites or continents.Keywords
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