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Where are the oldest fossils found in the earth and rock strata?
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∙ 8y agoThe oldest rocks are found on the island of Tuvalu. These were created when layers of dead fish and plants were compressed over time. These rocks have a special name given to them by the islanders, they are called "Boulders De Gullible"
In Trinidad and Tobago
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∙ 13y agoThe oldest rocks formed on Earth that have been found to date are located in Canada, more specifically Northern Quebec, on the Hudson's Bay coast, approximately 25 miles south of Inukjuak. This area is known as the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt.
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∙ 13y agoThe oldest rock found on Earth is of extraterrestrial origin, having landed as a meteorite and dating to around 4.56 billion years ago, at the time of the formation of the solar system.
For information on the oldest rock of terrestrial origin and the oldest terrestrial material, please see the related questions.
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∙ 11y agoAs of 2012, the oldest rocks discovered are approximately 4.6 billion years old, remnants of the solar system's formation that have fallen to Earth as meteorites.
The oldest terrestrial rocks are roughly 4.28 billion years old, formed from the cooling of molten material which composed the early Earth.
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∙ 14y agothe oldest fossil is the 375 million year old fossil found in austrilla
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∙ 13y agoIn 1999, the oldest known rock on Earth was dated to 4.031 ± 0.003 billion years, and is part of the Acasta Gneiss of the Slave craton in northwestern Canada
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Are fossils found in the lowest geological strata generally primitive?
Not necessarily primitive, but definitely older.
Where can you find the oldest fossils in sedimentary rock layers?
It would be found in the lower layers, rather that younger fossils which are found in the upper layers. ♥
Where are the oldest rocks on Earth found?
the oldest rocks on earth can be found in Greenland. They ar epreserved because they are always covered with a thin laye of ice.
What is the oldest seed on earth?
The oldest seed on earth is unknown but the oldest viable seed found is a narrow-leafed Campion seed that dates back about 31,000 years. This seed was found frozen.
How do you determine the order of rock layers?
The chronological order of rock layers is usually determined by their order in an undisturbed sequence of strata. According to the principle of superposition, the oldest layers would be found at the bottom and the youngest layers at the top. In disturbed rock layers (those that have been folded, uplifted, or generally disrupted by tectonic forces), the determination must be made based on the presence of index fossils, comparison to undisturbed strata or radiometric dating.
Where are the earliest fossils found?
In undisturbed strata, the oldest fossils will be the deepest from the surface.
Are fossil found in the lowest geological strata generally the most primitive or the most complex?
They would be the most primitive because they would be the oldest fossils.
How many fossils can be found per strata?
Acording to Lineux's theroy its only 5.7 fossils.
Where are the oldest layers of rock in a rock formation?
older fossils are usually further in the earth because the creature died before the others so the go down further and the ones that dies more recently are closer because they died more recently so haven't had the time to move further before they where found
Fossils found in the lowest geological strata are gerenally the most?
primitive
Where was the oldest Fossil found?
The oldest humanoid fossils were all found in Africa.
Which conclusion may be made when comparing fossils found in previously undisturbed strata of sedimantary rock?
the fissils in the upper strata are younger than thos in the lower strata.
Are fossils found in the lowest geological strata generally primitive?
Not necessarily primitive, but definitely older.
How do you Think the scientists knew Thai iridium had first appeared at about the time the dinosaurus died out?
By knowing which strata it was found and the rate of the strata's being laid down. finding fossils in that same strata.
What continent have the oldest fossils been found?
Africa
Why are the oldest fossils often found very deep in the ground?
because over time the earth bilds up covering the rock
Is nothofagus found in Antarctica?
Recent not, but it is found there extensivly in ancient strata of Maastrichtian as pollen fossils (Dettmann et al 1990).
