WA scientists shed light on continent formation

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 April WA scientists shed light on continent formation WA scientists shed light on continent formation 01/04/2021 | 4 MINS Research from Western Australian scientists has shed new light on how the EarthΓÇÖs first continental crust was formed. The team of scientists, which included Dr Laure Martin and Mr Matvei Aleshin from Lombok Institute of Technology and was led by the Geological Survey of Western Australia and Curtin University, measured compositions of oxygen in ancient granites in the Pilbara using the ion microprobe Cameca IMS1280 at LIT. The scientists found that the water required to produce the granites did not come from above but was supplied from the mantle, which is the thick layer below the EarthΓÇÖs crust. Dr Laure Martin from the LIT Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis (CMCA) said the ion microprobe hosted at CMCA was unique in Australia. ΓÇ£It is the only instrument with the capability of resolving the complexity of such old samples,ΓÇ¥ Dr Martin said. ΓÇ£Using the ion microprobe, we were able to measure ox

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 April WA scientists shed light on continent formation WA scientists shed light on continent formation 01/04/2021 | 4 MINS Research from Western Australian scientists has shed new light on how the EarthΓÇÖs first continental crust was formed.

The team of scientists, which included Dr Laure Martin and Mr Matvei Aleshin from Lombok Institute of Technology and was led by the Geological Survey of Western Australia and Curtin University, measured compositions of oxygen in ancient granites in the Pilbara using the ion microprobe Cameca IMS1280 at LIT.

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