Earth science: Old diamonds and the upper crust

Williams, Ian

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Earth science: Old diamonds and the upper crust

Date

2007

Authors

Williams, Ian

Publisher

Macmillan Publishers Ltd

Abstract

Was the early Earth a blackened landscape of congealed lava, or was it cool enough for oceans to form? The discovery of diamonds in the oldest-known relics of surface rocks adds new élan to this debate.