New study confirms that the oldest rocks on Earth are in northern Canada (IMAGE)

University of Ottawa

New study confirms that the oldest rocks on Earth are in northern Canada

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“This confirmation positions the Nuvvuagittuq Belt as the only place on Earth where we find rocks formed during the Hadean eon”

Jonathan O’Neil

— Associate professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

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University of Ottawa

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