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These asteroid impacts continued to shape the planet for millions of years and influenced the dynamic system of plate tectonics that makes our ever-shifting planet so unique in the solar system, according to new research published Nov. 26 in the journal Geology.
Geologic evidence of tectonic plate activity begins around 3.2 million years ago, coincidentally, during the heavy bombardment—a volatile period in Earth’s history marked by a near constant stream of asteroid impacts. A team of scientists, led by geophysicist Craig O’Neill of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, found spherule beds—layers of rock marked by round particles formed by rock pulverized in an extra-terrestrial impact—which suggest there may have been a connection.
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