Getting an early start may have helped rocky exoplanets in the race for habitability, according to researchers at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Plate tectonics is considered an important factor […]
The differentiation of silicate mantles in the terrestrial planets can be traced by examining the Sm-Nd (samarium-neodymium) isotopic system in available mantle-derived samples. For example, the decay of 146Sm yields […]
23 August-1 September 2016 Azores, Portugal The course aims to give participants a thorough introduction into influence of volcanism, plate tectonics on life and the role of hydrothermal vents in […]