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The Ancient Continents and Oceans Are Formed

The earth was in a state of turmoil with molten rock moving on the earth's surface

The earth was in a state of turmoil with molten rock moving on the earth's surface. When the rock cooled down continents were formed but where did the water in the oceans come from? Scientists believe gases escaping from the inside of the earth helped create the atmosphere and oceans were formed from the bombardment of ice-rich asteroids and comets.

This is a programme from the 大象传媒 World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 1998.

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大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project