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Researchers say they might have discovered the oldest rocks on Earth. The rocks in question are a belt of swirly, ...
In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...
Rocks are books for geologists and right now we’re missing the book (on the Hadean). The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt would ...
Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?
Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq ...
Canadian researchers said they'd found the world's oldest rocks in northern Quebec. The find was controversial. But after ...
Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.
The gold standard for determining the age of ancient rocks is measuring the radioactive decay of isotopes of uranium into lead in minerals known as zircons. But not all rocks contain zircons, so ...
Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...
The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt has been dated several times by different research groups, with widely divergent results. Most agree the rock is at least 3.75 billion years old — but that ...
Two different testing methods found that rocks from an area called the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in northern Quebec date ...
The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in northern Quebec contains Earth's oldest-known rocks, aged 4.16 billion years. This ...