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Scientists have determined what the oldest rocks in the world could be from a rock formation in Canada.

Scientists have determined what the oldest rocks in the world could be from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone belt has been known for a long time with its old rocks – striped gray stone plains on the eastern coast of the Hudson Bay in Quebec. However, the researchers do not agree exactly how old they are.

Twenty years ago, the studies suggested that the rocks could be 4.3 billion years old and could place them at the earliest in the history of the world. However, other scientists using a different method of acquaintance objected to the finding, claiming that the pollutants had distorted the age of the rocks and were actually a little younger at the age of 3.8 billion.

The age of the oldest rocks

In the new study, the researchers sampled a different rock section of the belt and predicted their age using the previous two flirting techniques – measured how a radioactive element fell to someone else over time. CONCLUSION: The rocks were about 4.16 billion years old. Labor writer Jonathan O’Neil, Ottawa University with different methods “exactly gave the same age,” he said.

The new research was published in Science magazine on Thursday.

The Earth was formed about 4.5 billion years before a collapsed dust and gas cloud immediately after the solar system existed. Primordial rocks can often be melted and recycled by the moving tectonic plates of the Earth, which makes them extremely rare on the surface today. Scientists have created 4 billion -year -old rocks from another formation called Acasta Gneiss Complex in Canada, but Nuvvuagittuq rocks could be even older.

Examining the rocks from the oldest history of the world, how the planet looks like – how the Roiling Magma oceans lead to tectonic plates – and even look at how life begins.

“It is really valuable to have an example of those who went to the world at that time, Mark said Mark Reagan with Iowa University, who worked in volcanic rocks and lava and was not included in the new work.

Rock formation on the Tribal Inukjuak territory and the local Inuit community temporarily restrictly scientists to take samples from the site due to the damage caused by previous visits.

After some geologists visited the site, large rock pieces were missing, and the community noticed the parts for online sales, the land is Pituvik Landholding Corp.

Palliser, a member of the community, said, “There is a lot of interest for these rocks,” he said. “We don’t want any more damage.”

(Except the title, this story was not arranged by DNA staff and published from AP)