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  1. @FaithfullJohn Here's a hand sample photo of a komatiite flow from nearby in the Abitibi of Quebec, also ~ 2.7 Ga.
    #Abitibi #Quebec #Komatiite #Archean #Geology

  2. @FaithfullJohn Here's a hand sample photo of a komatiite flow from nearby in the Abitibi of Quebec, also ~ 2.7 Ga.

  3. @FaithfullJohn Here's a hand sample photo of a komatiite flow from nearby in the Abitibi of Quebec, also ~ 2.7 Ga.
    #Abitibi #Quebec #Komatiite #Archean #Geology

  4. @FaithfullJohn Here's a hand sample photo of a komatiite flow from nearby in the Abitibi of Quebec, also ~ 2.7 Ga.
    #Abitibi #Quebec #Komatiite #Archean #Geology

  5. @FaithfullJohn Here's a hand sample photo of a komatiite flow from nearby in the Abitibi of Quebec, also ~ 2.7 Ga.
    #Abitibi #Quebec #Komatiite #Archean #Geology

  6. Researchers Find Evidence of Ancient Microbial Life in 3.51 Billion-Year-Old Rocks

    Teasing out biochemical information from ancient organic-rich sediments, notably the timing of the emergence of photosynthesis relative to…
    #NewsBeep #News #Science #AI #Archean #CA #Canada #Earth #Fossil #machinelearning #microbe #Neoarchean #Organicmatter #PaleoarcheanEra #Photosynthesis #Plant
    newsbeep.com/ca/293865/

  7. Massive #hematite later brecciated by quartz veining, From the Soudan ironstone, Ely greenstone belt, Vermilion district of northern Minnesota.

    These ironstones are sandwiched between pillow basalts of approximately 2.7 billion years old.

    #MinCup25 #Greenstone #Minnesota #Archean #IronOre

  8. Massive later brecciated by quartz veining, From the Soudan ironstone, Ely greenstone belt, Vermilion district of northern Minnesota.

    These ironstones are sandwiched between pillow basalts of approximately 2.7 billion years old.

  9. Massive #hematite later brecciated by quartz veining, From the Soudan ironstone, Ely greenstone belt, Vermilion district of northern Minnesota.

    These ironstones are sandwiched between pillow basalts of approximately 2.7 billion years old.

    #MinCup25 #Greenstone #Minnesota #Archean #IronOre

  10. Massive #hematite later brecciated by quartz veining, From the Soudan ironstone, Ely greenstone belt, Vermilion district of northern Minnesota.

    These ironstones are sandwiched between pillow basalts of approximately 2.7 billion years old.

    #MinCup25 #Greenstone #Minnesota #Archean #IronOre

  11. Massive #hematite later brecciated by quartz veining, From the Soudan ironstone, Ely greenstone belt, Vermilion district of northern Minnesota.

    These ironstones are sandwiched between pillow basalts of approximately 2.7 billion years old.

    #MinCup25 #Greenstone #Minnesota #Archean #IronOre

  12. Today, molybdenum is one of the most common trace elements in the ocean due to oxidative weathering of #Molybdenite. But in the Archean the oceans were reducing, and molybdenum was scarce.

    Other nitrogenases evolved to use other transition elements, but Mo-nitrogenase was first, and best.

    Molybdenite enables the Earth's biosphere!

    #MinCup25 #NitrogenFixation #Nitrogenase #Archean #GreatOxidationEvent #OreCup #OreCup25

  13. Today, molybdenum is one of the most common trace elements in the ocean due to oxidative weathering of . But in the Archean the oceans were reducing, and molybdenum was scarce.

    Other nitrogenases evolved to use other transition elements, but Mo-nitrogenase was first, and best.

    Molybdenite enables the Earth's biosphere!

  14. Today, molybdenum is one of the most common trace elements in the ocean due to oxidative weathering of #Molybdenite. But in the Archean the oceans were reducing, and molybdenum was scarce.

    Other nitrogenases evolved to use other transition elements, but Mo-nitrogenase was first, and best.

    Molybdenite enables the Earth's biosphere!

    #MinCup25 #NitrogenFixation #Nitrogenase #Archean #GreatOxidationEvent #OreCup #OreCup25

  15. Today, molybdenum is one of the most common trace elements in the ocean due to oxidative weathering of #Molybdenite. But in the Archean the oceans were reducing, and molybdenum was scarce.

    Other nitrogenases evolved to use other transition elements, but Mo-nitrogenase was first, and best.

    Molybdenite enables the Earth's biosphere!

    #MinCup25 #NitrogenFixation #Nitrogenase #Archean #GreatOxidationEvent #OreCup #OreCup25

  16. Today, molybdenum is one of the most common trace elements in the ocean due to oxidative weathering of #Molybdenite. But in the Archean the oceans were reducing, and molybdenum was scarce.

    Other nitrogenases evolved to use other transition elements, but Mo-nitrogenase was first, and best.

    Molybdenite enables the Earth's biosphere!

    #MinCup25 #NitrogenFixation #Nitrogenase #Archean #GreatOxidationEvent #OreCup #OreCup25

  17. #Molybdenite is the primary host for the element molybdenum in the Earth's crust.

    Molybdenum is part of the most effective biological molecule for nitrogen fixation (Mo-nitrogenase), which converts atmospheric N2 to a bio-available form.

    The grey sphere is Mo; this complex molecule likely evolved more than 3.2 billion years ago.
    #MInCup25 #NitrogenFixation #Nitrogenase #Archean #OreCup #Orecup25

  18. is the primary host for the element molybdenum in the Earth's crust.

    Molybdenum is part of the most effective biological molecule for nitrogen fixation (Mo-nitrogenase), which converts atmospheric N2 to a bio-available form.

    The grey sphere is Mo; this complex molecule likely evolved more than 3.2 billion years ago.

  19. #Molybdenite is the primary host for the element molybdenum in the Earth's crust.

    Molybdenum is part of the most effective biological molecule for nitrogen fixation (Mo-nitrogenase), which converts atmospheric N2 to a bio-available form.

    The grey sphere is Mo; this complex molecule likely evolved more than 3.2 billion years ago.
    #MInCup25 #NitrogenFixation #Nitrogenase #Archean #OreCup #Orecup25

  20. #Molybdenite is the primary host for the element molybdenum in the Earth's crust.

    Molybdenum is part of the most effective biological molecule for nitrogen fixation (Mo-nitrogenase), which converts atmospheric N2 to a bio-available form.

    The grey sphere is Mo; this complex molecule likely evolved more than 3.2 billion years ago.
    #MInCup25 #NitrogenFixation #Nitrogenase #Archean #OreCup #Orecup25

  21. #Molybdenite is the primary host for the element molybdenum in the Earth's crust.

    Molybdenum is part of the most effective biological molecule for nitrogen fixation (Mo-nitrogenase), which converts atmospheric N2 to a bio-available form.

    The grey sphere is Mo; this complex molecule likely evolved more than 3.2 billion years ago.
    #MInCup25 #NitrogenFixation #Nitrogenase #Archean #OreCup #Orecup25

  22. A well illustrated talk by Dr. Ali Polat (University of Windsor, Ontario), the 2024 Geological Associate of Canada Robinson lecturer. He gave persuasive evidence for compressive tectonics throughout the Archean.

    Figure is of refolded isoclinal folds in the Archean (2.8 Ga) Storø Greenstone belt, southern West Greenland.

    #McGillUniversity #GAC #UWindsor #Ontario #Canada #Greenland #Archean #Geology #Tectonics

  23. A well illustrated talk by Dr. Ali Polat (University of Windsor, Ontario), the 2024 Geological Associate of Canada Robinson lecturer. He gave persuasive evidence for compressive tectonics throughout the Archean.

    Figure is of refolded isoclinal folds in the Archean (2.8 Ga) Storø Greenstone belt, southern West Greenland.

  24. A well illustrated talk by Dr. Ali Polat (University of Windsor, Ontario), the 2024 Geological Associate of Canada Robinson lecturer. He gave persuasive evidence for compressive tectonics throughout the Archean.

    Figure is of refolded isoclinal folds in the Archean (2.8 Ga) Storø Greenstone belt, southern West Greenland.

    #McGillUniversity #GAC #UWindsor #Ontario #Canada #Greenland #Archean #Geology #Tectonics

  25. A well illustrated talk by Dr. Ali Polat (University of Windsor, Ontario), the 2024 Geological Associate of Canada Robinson lecturer. He gave persuasive evidence for compressive tectonics throughout the Archean.

    Figure is of refolded isoclinal folds in the Archean (2.8 Ga) Storø Greenstone belt, southern West Greenland.

    #McGillUniversity #GAC #UWindsor #Ontario #Canada #Greenland #Archean #Geology #Tectonics

  26. A well illustrated talk by Dr. Ali Polat (University of Windsor, Ontario), the 2024 Geological Associate of Canada Robinson lecturer. He gave persuasive evidence for compressive tectonics throughout the Archean.

    Figure is of refolded isoclinal folds in the Archean (2.8 Ga) Storø Greenstone belt, southern West Greenland.

    #McGillUniversity #GAC #UWindsor #Ontario #Canada #Greenland #Archean #Geology #Tectonics

  27. Plain light thin section (~ 4 cm wide)
    Pale pink garnets (inclusion-rich cores and inclusion-free rims) surrounded by mostly biotite.

    From the Nuvvuagittuq formation near #Inukjuak Canada.

    Coupled Sm-Nd isotopes suggest that the original rock (the protolith) may be as old as 4.3 billion years. This sample has been pervasively metamorphosed at least four times since then.

    #ThinSectionThursday #Archean #Quebec

  28. Plain light thin section (~ 4 cm wide)
    Pale pink garnets (inclusion-rich cores and inclusion-free rims) surrounded by mostly biotite.

    From the Nuvvuagittuq formation near Canada.

    Coupled Sm-Nd isotopes suggest that the original rock (the protolith) may be as old as 4.3 billion years. This sample has been pervasively metamorphosed at least four times since then.

  29. Plain light thin section (~ 4 cm wide)
    Pale pink garnets (inclusion-rich cores and inclusion-free rims) surrounded by mostly biotite.

    From the Nuvvuagittuq formation near #Inukjuak Canada.

    Coupled Sm-Nd isotopes suggest that the original rock (the protolith) may be as old as 4.3 billion years. This sample has been pervasively metamorphosed at least four times since then.

    #ThinSectionThursday #Archean #Quebec

  30. Plain light thin section (~ 4 cm wide)
    Pale pink garnets (inclusion-rich cores and inclusion-free rims) surrounded by mostly biotite.

    From the Nuvvuagittuq formation near #Inukjuak Canada.

    Coupled Sm-Nd isotopes suggest that the original rock (the protolith) may be as old as 4.3 billion years. This sample has been pervasively metamorphosed at least four times since then.

    #ThinSectionThursday #Archean #Quebec

  31. Plain light thin section (~ 4 cm wide)
    Pale pink garnets (inclusion-rich cores and inclusion-free rims) surrounded by mostly biotite.

    From the Nuvvuagittuq formation near #Inukjuak Canada.

    Coupled Sm-Nd isotopes suggest that the original rock (the protolith) may be as old as 4.3 billion years. This sample has been pervasively metamorphosed at least four times since then.

    #ThinSectionThursday #Archean #Quebec

  32. New Geological Study Shows Scandinavia Was Born In Greenland
    --
    phys.org/news/2024-03-geologic <-- shared technical article
    --
    doi.org/10.1130/G51658.1 <-- shared paper
    --
    “The oldest Scandinavian bedrock was "born" in Greenland according to a new geological study from the University of Copenhagen. The study helps us understand the origin of continents and why Earth is possibly the only planet in our solar system with life..."
    #geology #structuralgeology #Scandinavia #greenland #finland #research #crust #mantle #zircon #gneiss #denmark #craton #lithosphere #shield #FennoscandianShield #Archean #Eoarchean #NorthAtlanticcraton #geologymap #mapping

  33. New Geological Study Shows Scandinavia Was Born In Greenland
    --
    phys.org/news/2024-03-geologic <-- shared technical article
    --
    doi.org/10.1130/G51658.1 <-- shared paper
    --
    “The oldest Scandinavian bedrock was "born" in Greenland according to a new geological study from the University of Copenhagen. The study helps us understand the origin of continents and why Earth is possibly the only planet in our solar system with life..."
    #geology #structuralgeology #Scandinavia #greenland #finland #research #crust #mantle #zircon #gneiss #denmark #craton #lithosphere #shield #FennoscandianShield #Archean #Eoarchean #NorthAtlanticcraton #geologymap #mapping

  34. New Geological Study Shows Scandinavia Was Born In Greenland
    --
    phys.org/news/2024-03-geologic <-- shared technical article
    --
    doi.org/10.1130/G51658.1 <-- shared paper
    --
    “The oldest Scandinavian bedrock was "born" in Greenland according to a new geological study from the University of Copenhagen. The study helps us understand the origin of continents and why Earth is possibly the only planet in our solar system with life..."
    #geology #structuralgeology #Scandinavia #greenland #finland #research #crust #mantle #zircon #gneiss #denmark #craton #lithosphere #shield #FennoscandianShield #Archean #Eoarchean #NorthAtlanticcraton #geologymap #mapping

  35. New Geological Study Shows Scandinavia Was Born In Greenland
    --
    phys.org/news/2024-03-geologic <-- shared technical article
    --
    doi.org/10.1130/G51658.1 <-- shared paper
    --
    “The oldest Scandinavian bedrock was "born" in Greenland according to a new geological study from the University of Copenhagen. The study helps us understand the origin of continents and why Earth is possibly the only planet in our solar system with life..."
    #geology #structuralgeology #Scandinavia #greenland #finland #research #crust #mantle #zircon #gneiss #denmark #craton #lithosphere #shield #FennoscandianShield #Archean #Eoarchean #NorthAtlanticcraton #geologymap #mapping

  36. New Geological Study Shows Scandinavia Was Born In Greenland
    --
    phys.org/news/2024-03-geologic <-- shared technical article
    --
    doi.org/10.1130/G51658.1 <-- shared paper
    --
    “The oldest Scandinavian bedrock was "born" in Greenland according to a new geological study from the University of Copenhagen. The study helps us understand the origin of continents and why Earth is possibly the only planet in our solar system with life..."

  37. A very cool talk this week at GEOTOP by André Pellerin, University of Quebc at Rimouski. He spoke on the strange chemistry and biology of Lake Untersee, east Antarctica. This lake is perpetually ice-covered and the bottom covered with #stromatolites (microbial mats) similar to those found in ecosystems three billion years in Earth's past.
    #UCAR #Antarctica #Rimouski #Quebec #Archean #GEOTOP

  38. A very cool talk this week at GEOTOP by André Pellerin, University of Quebc at Rimouski. He spoke on the strange chemistry and biology of Lake Untersee, east Antarctica. This lake is perpetually ice-covered and the bottom covered with (microbial mats) similar to those found in ecosystems three billion years in Earth's past.

  39. A very cool talk this week at GEOTOP by André Pellerin, University of Quebc at Rimouski. He spoke on the strange chemistry and biology of Lake Untersee, east Antarctica. This lake is perpetually ice-covered and the bottom covered with #stromatolites (microbial mats) similar to those found in ecosystems three billion years in Earth's past.
    #UCAR #Antarctica #Rimouski #Quebec #Archean #GEOTOP

  40. A very cool talk this week at GEOTOP by André Pellerin, University of Quebc at Rimouski. He spoke on the strange chemistry and biology of Lake Untersee, east Antarctica. This lake is perpetually ice-covered and the bottom covered with #stromatolites (microbial mats) similar to those found in ecosystems three billion years in Earth's past.
    #UCAR #Antarctica #Rimouski #Quebec #Archean #GEOTOP

  41. A very cool talk this week at GEOTOP by André Pellerin, University of Quebc at Rimouski. He spoke on the strange chemistry and biology of Lake Untersee, east Antarctica. This lake is perpetually ice-covered and the bottom covered with #stromatolites (microbial mats) similar to those found in ecosystems three billion years in Earth's past.
    #UCAR #Antarctica #Rimouski #Quebec #Archean #GEOTOP

  42. Monday's early-career presenters at #AGU23 in San Francisco, California.

    *Aube Gourdeau*
    T11D-0188 An Ongoing Search for Active Faults in the Western Quebec Seismic Zone, Eastern Canada
    Mid-day posters, Monday

    *Jillian Kendrick*
    V13C-0134 Chloritoid as an Indicator of Metasomatic Processes in Archean Greenstone Belts
    Evening posters, Monday

    #McGillUniversity #GeoScience #Seismology #Archean #Geology #EarthSystemScience

  43. Monday's early-career presenters at in San Francisco, California.

    *Aube Gourdeau*
    T11D-0188 An Ongoing Search for Active Faults in the Western Quebec Seismic Zone, Eastern Canada
    Mid-day posters, Monday

    *Jillian Kendrick*
    V13C-0134 Chloritoid as an Indicator of Metasomatic Processes in Archean Greenstone Belts
    Evening posters, Monday