Review of the oldest (4400-3600 Ma) geological and mineralogical record: Glimpses of the beginning

Known occurrences of rocks from the first billion years (>3550 Ma) form a minuscule ∼10,000 km2 of Earth's surface. The largest areas are in Greenland (Itsaq Gneiss Complex), Labrador and Western Australia, with smaller ones elsewhere in Greenland and i

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nutman, Allen, Friend, Clark, Bennett, Victoria
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: International Union of Geological Sciences 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1885/92760
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Summary:Known occurrences of rocks from the first billion years (>3550 Ma) form a minuscule ∼10,000 km2 of Earth's surface. The largest areas are in Greenland (Itsaq Gneiss Complex), Labrador and Western Australia, with smaller ones elsewhere in Greenland and i