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Crust-based ‘growth’ models discussed in §2a. As indicated here, these models aim to estimate on the present-day distribution of formation ages, so they serve as the lower bound on net crustal growth. The cumulative distribution is normalized by the present-day continental mass or area. Also shown in dashed line is the surface age distribution according to Goodwin [41].
