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Scientists determine the location of the earliest continents using geological evidence.
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Geological evidence, such as zircon geochronology and high-pressure melting experiments, is used by scientists to determine the age, location, and formation conditions of the Earth's earliest continents.

Evidence for · 3
Deep formation of Earth’s earliest continental crust consistent with subduction
2023 · cited by 36
Paper [1] uses high-pressure and temperature melting experiments to determine the depth and tectonic environment of Earth's earliest continental crust formation.
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The claim is specific, empirical, and falsifiable, passing Step 0 easily. Papers [1], [3], and [6] all directly discuss using geological and geochemical data (such as zircon U-Pb geochronology and experimental petrology) to determine the origins, locations, and tectonic environments of Earth's earliest continental crust. No papers contradict this premise.

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I-type and S-type granites in the Earth’s earliest continental crust
2023 · cited by 29
Paper [3] examines the provenance of ancient Jack Hills zircons using machine learning to infer the lithology and tectonic setting of Earth's earliest continental crust.
Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology of stromatolitic carbonates from the greenstone belts of Dharwar Craton and Cuddapah basin of Peninsular India
2020 · cited by 25
Paper [6] uses U-Pb geochronology and trace element compositions of detrital zircons from ancient basins to establish the existence and age of early continental crust.
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  1. The role of lower crust and continental upper mantle during formation of non-volcanic passive margins: evidence from the Alpspeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  2. Deep formation of Earth’s earliest continental crust consistent with subductionpeer-reviewedsupports
  3. The late rifting phase and continental break-up of the southern South Atlantic: the mode and timing of volcanic rifting and formation of earliest oceanic crustpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  4. I-type and S-type granites in the Earth’s earliest continental crustpeer-reviewedsupports
  5. Tectonic processes and the evolution of the continental crustpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  6. U-Pb Zircon Geochronology of Detrital and Ash Fall Deposits of the Southern Paraná Basin: A Contribution for Provenance, Tectonic Evolution, and the Paleogeography of the SW Gondwanapeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  7. Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology of stromatolitic carbonates from the greenstone belts of Dharwar Craton and Cuddapah basin of Peninsular Indiapeer-reviewedsupports
  8. Early Permian sediment provenance and paleogeographic reconstructions in southeastern Gondwana using detrital zircon geochronology (Northern Perth Basin, Western Australia)peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. Cryogenian Glacial Habitats as a Plant Terrestrialisation Cradle - The Origin of the Anydrophytes and Zygnematophyceae Split.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. Constraining provenance for the uraniferous Paleoproterozoic Francevillian Group sediments (Gabon) with detrital zircon geochronology and geochemistrypeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. From Gondwana to the Yellow Sea, evolutionary diversifications of true toads <i>Bufo</i> sp. in the Eastern Palearctic and a revisit of species boundaries for Asian lineages.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. Earth's magnetic field and its relationship to the origin of life, evolution and planetary habitability.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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