Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

They’re just not there, or formed at a later time during the metamorphism or cooking of the rocks,” O’Neil said. Metamorphic rock is that which has been transformed by heat, pressure or ...

An obscure rock formation on the eastern shore of Canada's Hudson Bay may contain the oldest known rocks on Earth, a new ...

This study advances gold exploration in Egypt's Central Eastern Desert using remote sensing and microanalytical techniques to ...

The Rock samples were photographed and placed in plastic sample ... flake-type graphite mineralization from organic-rich material during high-temperature metamorphism. Lomiko Metals published an ...

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq ...

In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

The gold standard for determining the age of ancient rocks is measuring the radioactive decay of isotopes of uranium into lead in minerals known as zircons. But not all rocks contain zircons, so ...

Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s ...