Carol Williams, author of ‘Madingley Rise and Early Geophysics at Cambridge’ spent 25 years working as a researcher at Madingley Rise between 1965 and 1993. As part of our Hidden Department series, she delves into the history of The Stables.
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The Archean Eon (4–2.5 billion years ago) is one of the last great frontiers in our knowledge of the Earth. Plate tectonics is considered to have initiated during this time period, and large volumes of the continental crust formed, but fundamental questions remain regarding the timing, mechanisms and drivers of these transitions.
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