🤩🛰 To learn about where these minerals came from, the researchers turned to data collected by Earth-orbiting satellites.
A 4-billion-year-old piece of Earth's crust the size of Ireland is lurking beneath Western Australia, new research finds.
However, the oldest crust that has been discovered, like the newly found chunk in Western Australia, tends to date back around 4 billion years. That suggests something special occurred in that era of Earth history, study coauthor Maximilian Droellner, a doctoral student at Curtin University in Australia, said in a statement .
Geochemical hints in the sediments near this region suggested that there might be even older crust buried under newer rocks and sediments at the surface. So Droellner and his colleagues decided to test the zircons in sediments from the Scott Coastal Plain, south of Perth. The sediments on this plain erode out of deeper rocks on the Australian continent.
This dating revealed that the rocks holding these minerals formed between 3.8 billion and 4 billion years ago.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
New study claims the Sun will destroy Mercury, Venus, and Earth - here's whenA new study claims that the Sun will destroy the Earth, Mercury, and Venus five billion years from now when it dies.
Read more »
10-year-old Uvalde survivor who spent 66 days in hospital throws out first pitchA student who was seriously injured and hospitalized for 66 days following the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, threw the first pitch at the Houston Astros game on Tuesday.
Read more »
Covington County man convicted for sexual abuse of 11-year-oldThe testimony at the trial showed that on September 2, 2019, Ziglar was found by his former girlfriend in the bed with an 11-year-old child.
Read more »
17-year-old shot during robbery outside Greenspoint apartmentPolice believe the robber targeted another victim before he found the 17-year-old. Now, investigators are searching for surveillance video.
Read more »
Coroner identifies body found in California lake belongs to missing teenAuthorities in Northern California say the body found in a car in a lake over the weekend belongs to 16-year-old Kiely Rodni.
Read more »
8-Year-Old Finds Huge Prehistoric Shark Tooth on South Carolina BeachAn eight-year-old boy made the “find of a lifetime” while on a fossil digging tour during a family vacation in South Carolina.
Read more »