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A new study links the Grand Canyon's Great Unconformity — a gap of over a billion years in the rock record — to rising mantle material that erased vast layers of Earth's history.
New geological findings indicate a significant turning point in Earth's tectonic history approximately 2.5 billion years ago.
New research pinpoints when Earth's plate tectonics began, with ancient rocks revealing a dramatic shift 2.5-2.7 billion years ago.
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Scientists are using the historic Vesuvius eruption that buried Pompeii and historical accounts from Pliny the Younger to date Earth’s history.
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