They may have the oldest rocks on earth

Scientists determined what the oldest rocks could be in the earth from the formation of a rock in Canada.

The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone pipeline has long been known in the east coast of Hudson Gulf in Quebec in Quebec. However, researchers do not agree with the exact number of age.

The dispute probably settled

Prior to the two decades, the work they work could be 4.3 billion years old, and offered to be placed in the early period in the history of the place. However, other scientists who use a different acquaintance method claimed that pollutants are 3.8 billion years old, claiming that pollutants are the age of rocks and in fact.

In the new study, researchers chose a different part of the rock rock and used the previous two acquaintance techniques – how a radioactive element measures the element in time to rot. Conclusion: The stones were about 4.16 billion years.

Different methods said, “He fully gave the same age,” he said, Jonathan O’Neil Jonathan O’Neil with the University of Ottawa.

The new research was published in the magazine on Thursday.

Ancient rocks can shed light in the world’s earliest days

About 4.5 billion years ago, the solar system consisted of a cloud of dust and gas about 4.5 billion years ago. Primordial rocks often melt and are recycled by moving tectonic tiles of the earth, today makes the surface extremely rare. Scientists have called the 4 billion-year-old rocks from another formation in Canada, but nuvvuagittuic rocks can be older.

Learning the rocks from the earliest history, how the planet may seem – how his Riving Magma Oceans allowed the tectonic tiles and even started how life.

“It is really valuable to be an example of what happened on the earth,” he said, “Volcanic Rocks and Lava and Lava were not engaged in and did not engage in new jobs.

Inuit congregation wants steps to prevent exploited rocks

Rock formation in the lands of inukjuak and the local Inuit Society, due to the damage of previous visits, temporarily limited examples.

After visiting the field, the large rock rods were missing and drew attention to the parts for the sale of society for sale online.

“There is a lot of interest for these rocks we understand,” he said, Pallicer, a member of the society. “We just don’t want more damage.”