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Barberton Greenstone Belt
March 25 , 2024
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- The Scientists have found signs of some of the earliest known earthquakes in 3.3-billion-year-old rocks.
- The rocks provide early evidence of plate tectonics, which explains Earth's crust as split into large plates that glide across the mantle.
- The rocks also point to what conditions may have been like when life first evolved.
- This discovery has made while investigating the Barberton Greenstone Belt, a complex geological formation in southern Africa.
- The belt is remarkably similar to much younger rocks in New Zealand.
- They have experienced earthquake-triggered submarine landslides along the Hikurangi subduction zone.
- The Barberton Greenstone, named after its greenish hue, provides one of the most extensive geological records for Earth between 3.2 billion and 3.6 billion years ago.
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