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Supracrustal rocks (supra (Latin for "above")) are
rocks that were
deposited on the
existing ba****t
rocks of the crust,
hence the name. They may be further...
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volcanic and
sedimentary rocks, and is the
largest exposure of
Eoarchaean supracrustal rocks on Earth. Due to its age and low
metamorphic grade relative to...
- (2003). Cates, N. L. & Mojzsis, S. J. Pre-3,750 Ma
supracrustal rocks from the
Nuvvuagittuq supracrustal belt,
northern Québec.
Earth Planet. Sci. Lett....
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Lewisian consists mainly of
granitic gneisses with a
minor amount of
supracrustal rocks.
Rocks of the
Lewisian complex were
caught up in the Caledonian...
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Zimbabwe Craton The Isua
Greenstone Belt, also
known as the Isua
supracrustal belt, is
found at the I****sia
terrane in
Southern West
Greenland and...
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eastern block. The
Chitradurga greenstone belt is an
elongated linear supracrustal belt
which is 400 km long from
North to South.
Cratonisation is an important...
- of life on Earth. The
rocks in
question are part of a
metamorphosed supracrustal sequence located at the south-western tip of the island. The sequence...
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Cates N,
Mojzsis S (March 2007). "Pre-3750 Ma
supracrustal rocks from the
Nuvvuagittuq supracrustal belt,
northern Québec".
Earth and
Planetary Science...
- is the 3.7 Ga
metasedimentary rocks containing graphite from the Isua
Supracrustal Belt in Greenland. The
earliest direct known life on land may be stromatolites...
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Paleoproterozoic supracrustal sequences (ca. 1.8–2.1 Ga) and
intruded by
Paleoproterozoic diabase ****s (ca. 2.0–2.2 Ga). The
supracrustal rocks comprise...
