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15 paź 2024 · Archean Eon, interval lasting from about 4.0 billion to 2.5 billion years ago, the first formal division of Precambrian time. Fossil evidence of the earliest primitive life-forms appears in rocks about 3.5–3.7 billion years old; other evidence suggests that life may have emerged before 3.95 billion years ago.
- Granulite
granulite facies, one of the major divisions of the mineral...
- Witwatersrand System
Witwatersrand System, major division of Precambrian rocks in...
- Scourian Complex
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- Belts
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- Acasta Gneiss
Other articles where Acasta gneiss is discussed: Archean...
- Amphibolite
Amphibolite, a rock composed largely or dominantly of...
- Granulite
The earliest and most-primitive forms of life (bacteria and cyanobacteria) originated more than 3.5 billion years ago in the middle of the Archean Eon (the Archean’s alternative name, Archeozoic, means “ancient life”).
The Archean Eon (IPA: / ɑːr ˈ k iː ə n / ar-KEE-ən, also spelled Archaean or Archæan), in older sources sometimes called the Archaeozoic, is the second of the four geologic eons of Earth's history, preceded by the Hadean Eon and followed by the Proterozoic.
23 lis 2021 · The Archean eon is characterized by the extraction from the mantle and the subsequent differentiation of significant amounts of continental crust. Indeed, at the end of the Archean eon, probably about 75% of the juvenile continental crust had formed (e.g., Hawkesworth et al. 2020 for a review).
The close of the Hadean and opening of the so-called Archean eon is defined and characterized by the oldest whole rock samples found on Earth, 4.0 billion years old.
11 kwi 2024 · The Archean Eon, which lasted from 4.0–2.5 billion years ago, is named after the Greek word for beginning. This eon represents the beginning of the rock record. Although there is current evidence that rocks and minerals existed during the Hadean Eon , the Archean has a much more robust rock and fossil record.
The atmosphere of the Archean eon—one-third of Earth’s history—is important for understanding the evolution of our planet and Earth-like exoplanets. New geological proxies combined with models constrain atmospheric composition.
