These layers are hundreds of feet thick and are thought to have formed roughly 3.7 billion years ago, under warmer and wetter ...

Researchers at the universities of Amsterdam and Utrecht have observed the formation of nanocavities in montmorillonite clay ...

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“The results suggest that the process of clay formation may have played a key role in regulating climate on early Earth and sustaining the temperate conditions that allowed for the evolution and ...

Meteorite-common amino acid induces formation of nanocavities in clay mineral. Universiteit van Amsterdam. Journal Communications Earth & Environment DOI 10.1038/s43247-025-02417-8. Keywords ...

Researchers at the universities of Amsterdam and Utrecht have observed the formation of nanocavities in montmorillonite clay under exposure to ...