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Earth’s oldest known rocks formed over 4 billion years ago

Earth.com · 1h

Earth’s oldest known rocks formed over four billion years ago

Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s earliest history.

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These may be the oldest rocks on Earth

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt has long been known for its ancient rocks - plains of streaked gray stone on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Quebec. But researchers disagree on exactly how old they are.

Live Science on MSN · 22h

Rocks in Canada may be oldest on Earth, dating back 4.16 billion years

An obscure rock formation on the eastern shore of Canada's Hudson Bay may contain the oldest known rocks on Earth, a new study claims.The analysis dated the site's streaky gray rocks, part of an outcrop called the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt,

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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 ...

Earth’s oldest rocks may be at least 4.16 billion years old

If the new age of these Canadian rocks is solid, they would be the first and only ones known to have survived Earth’s earliest, tumultuous time.

Are these the world’s oldest rocks? Fresh data confirm contested claim

In 2008, researchers reported that these rocks dated back 4.3 billion years 2, a claim that other scientists contested. Work ...

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