Matt WillemsenEvidence of Earth’s Oldest Glaciers Found in South Africa
The ancient glaciers hint at an Archaean Earth that may have looked similar in some ways to our own time.
Drawing on multiple lines of evidence from some of the oldest undisturbed rocks on Earth, the study authors said they see evidence for ice sheets during the planet’s ancient Archaean eon similar to those found today in mountain ranges across the world. It is the oldest evidence of glaciers ever discovered.
https://eos.org/articles/evidence-of-earths-oldest-glaciers-found-in-south-africa
#glaciers #SouthAfrica #archaean #Pongola #Supergroup
The ancient glaciers hint at an Archaean Earth that may have looked similar in some ways to our own time.
Drawing on multiple lines of evidence from some of the oldest undisturbed rocks on Earth, the study authors said they see evidence for ice sheets during the planet’s ancient Archaean eon similar to those found today in mountain ranges across the world. It is the oldest evidence of glaciers ever discovered.
https://eos.org/articles/evidence-of-earths-oldest-glaciers-found-in-south-africa
#glaciers #SouthAfrica #archaean #Pongola #Supergroup
