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    Eoarchean geology is the study of the oldest preserved crustal fragments of Earth during the Eoarchean era from 4.031 to 3.6 billion years ago. Major well-preserved...
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    The Eoarchean (IPA: /ˌiːoʊ.ɑːrˈkiːən/ EE-oh-ar-KEE-ən; also spelled Eoarchaean) is the first era of the Archean Eon of the geologic record. It spans 431...
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    equivalent to a chronostratigraphic erathem. There are ten defined eras: the Eoarchean, Paleoarchean, Mesoarchean, Neoarchean, Paleoproterozoic, Mesoproterozoic...
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    Historical geology or palaeogeology is a discipline that uses the principles and methods of geology to reconstruct the geological history of Earth. Historical...
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  • Carboniferous or Early Carboniferous) is a subperiod in the geologic timescale or a subsystem of the geologic record. It is the earlier of two subperiods of the...
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  • Windley, BF; Kusky, T; Polat, A (2021). "Onset of plate tectonics by the Eoarchean". Precambrian Res. 352: 105980. Bibcode:2021PreR..35205980W. doi:10.1016/j...
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    produced by magma differentiation. Acasta Gneiss Archean subduction Eoarchean geology J. D., Winter (2013). Principles of igneous and metamorphic petrology...
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    The geology of India is diverse. Different regions of India contain rocks belonging to different geologic periods, dating as far back as the Eoarchean Era...
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    Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt (category Eoarchean volcanism)
    International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) included the 'Hadean to Eoarchean Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt' in its assemblage of 100 'geological heritage sites'...
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    Permian (redirect from Permian (geology))
    The Permian (/ˈpɜːrmi.ən/ PUR-mee-ən) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period...
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    The Cretaceous (IPA: /krɪˈteɪʃəs/ krih-TAY-shəs) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final...
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  • also known as Upper Carboniferous or Late Carboniferous) is, on the ICS geologic timescale, the younger of two subperiods (or upper of two subsystems) of...
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    Altered feldspars in the rocks may result in such anomalous signatures. Eoarchean geology Tectonic evolution of the Barberton greenstone belt Giles, Christopher...
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    North China Craton (category Geology of China)
    per carat. Archean subduction Eastern Block of North China Craton Eoarchean geology Western Block of North China Craton a.^ Ga is the short form for billion...
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  • then it could be common in the universe." c. 4,031 Ma – Archean Eon and Eoarchean Era start. Possible first appearance of plate tectonic activity in the...
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    Triassic (redirect from Triassic (geology))
    The Triassic (/traɪˈæsɪk/ try-ASS-ik; sometimes symbolized 🝈) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.5 million years from the end of the Permian...
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  • stage is a succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic timescale, which usually represents millions of years of deposition. A...
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    Eastern Block of the North China Craton (category Geology of China)
    Hadean Eon). It later experienced numerous geological events between 3.8 and 1.85 billion years ago (the Eoarchean to Paleoproterozoic Era), including recurring...
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    (/ɔːrdəˈvɪʃi.ən, -doʊ-, -ˈvɪʃən/ or-də-VISH-ee-ən, -⁠doh-, -⁠VISH-ən) is a geologic period and system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era. The...
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    Archean (section Geology)
    November 2022. Borgeat, Xavier; Tackley, Paul J. (12 July 2022). "Hadean/Eoarchean tectonics and mantle mixing induced by impacts: a three-dimensional study"...
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    Jurassic (redirect from Jura (geology))
    The Jurassic (/dʒʊˈræsɪk/ juu-RASS-ik) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period 201.4 million years...
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    Paleoproterozoic (category Geological eras)
    the Earth's geological history, spanning from 2,500 to 1,600 million years ago (2.5–1.6 Ga). It is further subdivided into four geologic periods, namely...
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    of the four geologic eons of Earth's history, spanning the time interval from 2500 to 538.8 Mya, the longest eon of the Earth's geologic time scale. It...
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    Cambrian (redirect from Cambrian (Geology))
    ən, ˈkeɪm-/ KAM-bree-ən, KAYM-; sometimes symbolized Ꞓ) is the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and of the Phanerozoic Eon. The Cambrian...
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    Devonian (redirect from Devon (geology))
    The Devonian (/dɪˈvoʊni.ən, dɛ-/ də-VOH-nee-ən, deh-) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era during the Phanerozoic eon, spanning 60.3 million...
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    metamorphosed, intruded by additional felsic magma, and partially melted during Eoarchean thermal events occurred about 3.85 to 3.72 Ga and 3.66 to 3.59 Ga. The...
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  • Paleozoic (category Geological eras)
    PAL-ee-ə-ZOH-ik, -⁠ee-oh-, PAY-; or Palaeozoic) Era is the first of three geological eras of the Phanerozoic Eon. Beginning 538.8 million years ago (Ma), it...
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    Paleoarchean (category Geological eras)
    also spelled Palaeoarchaean (formerly known as the early Archean), is a geologic era within the Archean Eon. The name derives from Greek "Palaios" ancient...
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  • Early Earth (category Geologic time scales of Earth)
    the geologic time scale, this comprises all of the Hadean eon, starting with the formation of the Earth about 4.6 billion years ago, and the Eoarchean, starting...
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  • Earth's geologic time. The Precambrian is an informal unit of geologic time, subdivided into three eons (Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic) of the geologic time...
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