… crustal growth related to episodic convection of the mantle. In … Before and after the
Archean–Proterozoic period of episodic … develop a model of episodic mantle convention and …

… Therefore, we suggest that the growth and evolution of the continental crust, and even
Earth system evolution, probably originate from the periodic driving forcing of the Earth's …

… episodic memory has a long evolutionary history. We show that fundamental features of
episodic … the major brain regions responsible for episodic memory in humans have anatomical …

… history seems unavoidable for Earth. However, … of Earth's first 500 million years of evolution.
The operation of plate tectonics over much of Earth's history is responsible for the episodic …

… The continuing saga of mass extinctions and the role of impacts now require more coverage,
and the Snowball Earth model is discussed in more detail. The episodic nature of crustal …

… geochemistry of the Earth's mantle and crust can be explained if Earth history is punctuated
… of the major goals in the study of the Earth's evolution. The available geochronology of crust …

… , and other events occurred permanently in the Earth's history. In contrast, the well-known …
Paleozoic biotic evolution, but its strength was really big for the Mesozoic–Cenozoic evolution. …

… S3) due to changes in mantle melting conditions through Earth’s history (24). The secular
evolution of igneous rock composition has important implications for crustal SiO 2 estimates …

… eras of the earth. The models also show that episodic behavior with a timescale of a few
hundred million years is plausible in the early part of earth history. They show that layering, …

… The words "episode" and "episodic" have different and … "episodic" refers to something
incidental, which could be outside an expected chain of events. The history of life on Earth consists …