CORDIS Project
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This project investigates the origins and characteristics of Earth's earliest crust by analyzing ancient zircon crystals and comparing them with the oldest known rocks. It aims to enhance understanding of Earth's formation and the conditions that led to a habitable planet.
Current knowledge of the nature and origin of the earliest crust on Earth comes largely from studies of the mineral zircon.
The oldest zircon crystals from Jack Hills in Australia provide a wealth of information and represent a time capsule of what the Earth was like from 4.4 to 4.0 Ga during the Hadean.
These zircons are detrital grains preserved in much younger rocks, and no known rocks of this age have survived on Earth.
By applying the most up–to-date technologies to various isotopic systems…
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