INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KOLKATA: Rock samples dating back 4
that can shed light on geological events from a dark age when the Earth was in its infancy.The latest find by researchers from Presidency
University, Hiroshima University, and National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS) from a relatively young terrain can offer fresh
It is hard and chemically stable, making it resistant to weathering.A senior geologist, who was part of the study, said the discovery of the
Further study will help us understand the chemical and physical conditions, including the presence of water, in the first few hundred
tonalitic rocks of Kendujhar district of Odisha in 2018.That find was estimated to be more than 4
zircon has survived the test of time because of its extreme physical and chemical resilience
led the study with research scholars Sneha Mukherjee and Paramita Das, said the initial analyses were done by Hiroshima University Earth and
planetary systems science department associate professor Kaushik Das
explained.Only six of the 612 crystals studied by the team were from the Hadean age.
