Definition of Archaean. Meaning of Archaean. Synonyms of Archaean

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Definition of Archaean

Archaean
Archaean Ar*ch[ae]"an, n. (Geol.) The earliest period in geological period, extending up to the Lower Silurian. It includes an Azoic age, previous to the appearance of life, and an Eozoic age, including the earliest forms of life. Note: This is equivalent to the formerly accepted term Azoic, and to the Eozoic of Dawson.

Meaning of Archaean from wikipedia

- Archaean may refer to: Archaean or Archean, a geologic eon between Hadean and Proterozoic Something related to Archaea, a domain of single-celled microorganisms...
- The Archean Eon (IPA: /ɑːrˈkiːən/ ar-KEE-ən, also spelled Archaean or Archæan), in older sources sometimes called the Archaeozoic, is the second of the...
- more recent works geologists often refer to both Ur and other proposed Archaean continental ****emblages as supercratons. Ur can, nevertheless, be half...
- theory is they were created by symbiogenesis between an anaerobic Asgard archaean and an aerobic proteobacterium, which formed the mitochondria. A second...
- border, which consist largely of tightly folded and highly metamorphosed Archaean rocks." Fisher 2018, p. 83, " East of the lower Indus lay the inhospitable...
- Australian continental crust was created in three cycles from the oldest Archaean cratons in the west to the younger orogenic formations in the east (built...
- Rocks of almost all geological ages are represented at outcrop, from the Archaean onwards. Seismographic research shows that the crust of the Earth below...
- Akizumi; et al. (January 2014). "Evidence for biogenic graphite in early Archaean Isua metasedimentary rocks". Nature Geoscience. 7 (1): 25–28. Bibcode:2014NatGe...
- preservation of the Archaean lithosphere, there is controversy over the preservation of the Archaean mantle, for which the Archaean lithosphere would have...
- There has been some debate as to when and even if Vaalbara existed. An Archaean–Palaeoproterozoic (2.8–2.1 Ga) link between South Africa and Western Australia...