Earth’s Geological Record Is Missing 1 Billion Years. Scientists Just Found Out Where They Went.

In some parts of the world, more than a billion years of geologic history is missing. Now a team of scientists think they ...
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The "Great Unconformity" And Earth's Missing Billion Years May Have A New Explanation

In 1869, John Wesley Powell was studying layers of rock in the Grand Canyon when he noticed an unconformity in the layers. Around a billion years were missing, and the problem turned out to be global.

Major gap in Earth's rock record likely due to tectonics—not glaciers

The Great Unconformity is a major gap in Earth's geologic record. The missing layer between Precambrian and Cambrian rocks ...
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There is no evidence for a great unconformity of over 300 Ma between the Mesoproterozoic Xiamaling Formation and the “Neoproterozoic” Longshan Formation in the North China ...

Recently, the journal SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences published a research by Professor Hongwei KUANG, Dr Nan PENG and Professor Yongqing LIU from the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological ...