When a Billion Years Disappeared

Eons

15th April 2020 10 mins Season 4 Episode 12

In some places, the rocks below the Great Unconformity are about 1.2 billion years older than those above it. This missing chapter in Earth’s history might be linked to a fracturing supercontinent, out-of-control glaciers, and maybe the diversification of life itself.

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