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Earth’s oldest rocks date back 4.16 billion years
Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...
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These rocks are probably the last remains of Earth's early crust
Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...
Scientists Just Found Earth’s Pulse – And It’s Tearing a Continent Apart
Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it cracks and an ocean basin begins.
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Earth’s oldest rock is at least 4.16 billion years old, scientists say | CNN - CNN International
Most agree the rock is at least 3.75 billion years old — but that wouldn’t make it Earth’s oldest. A close up picture of the 4.16 billion-year-old rocks from the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt ...
Scientists think they have found the oldest rocks on earth
A new study has pinpointed what could be the oldest rocks on Earth, found within a remote Canadian rock formation, offering ...