2014-04-25

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MinuteEarth

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References

Bowring, S. 2014. Early earth: Closing the gap. Nature Geoscience, 7(3), 169-170. http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v7/n3/full/ngeo2100.html

O'Neil, J., Carlson, R. W., Francis, D., & Stevenson, R. K. (2008). Neodymium-142 evidence for Hadean mafic crust. Science, 321(5897), 1828-1831. http://courses.washington.edu/bangblue/ONeil-Oldest_Rock_4.28Ga-Sci08.pdf

Valley, J. W. et al. 2014. Hadean age for a post-magma-ocean zircon confirmed by atom-probe tomography. Nature Geoscience, 7(3), 219-223. http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v7/n3/abs/ngeo2075.html