Researchers: Quebec bedrock may be Earth's oldest
Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 14:42
in Earth & Climate
A traveler walking along the eastern bank of Hudson Bay in northern Quebec can stand on the oldest bedrock known on Earth. This ancient section of the planet's crust may be as much as 4.28 billion years old, researchers report in Friday's edition of the journal Science.
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