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Tiny pieces of chromatic recovered successful a stone enactment successful Western Australia whitethorn beryllium the oldest grounds of a meteorite interaction connected Earth, dating backmost astir 3.5 cardinal years
By Leah Crane
15 March 2023
The grounds was recovered successful a radical of sedimentary and volcanic rocks successful Western Australia Alamy Stock Photo
The oldest grounds of a meteorite interaction connected Earth has been recovered successful Western Australia, wrong a radical of sedimentary and volcanic rocks called the Dresser Formation.
It is hard to find and day old rocks connected Earth due to the fact that the changeless geological and biologic enactment wears down the planet’s crust. “If we spell backmost astir 3.5 cardinal years, determination is lone a very, precise tiny percent of the earth’s crust that is of that age,” …
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