Solar Nebula Hypothesis

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The Geologic Time Scale

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The Geologic “Clock”

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The Hadean Eon - Accretion, Melting and Differentiation

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The Mars-size (Theia) Impactor Theory

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Our Moon

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Hadean “Outgassing” to form Atmosphere and Oceans

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Late-Heavy Bombardment - the Moon

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Archean Eon - the time of crust-building

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Modern Plate Tectonics

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Modern Subduction Zone

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Ancient Subduction

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Archean Greenstone Belts

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Komatiite - an olivine lava with spinifex texture

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Hawaiian Pillow Lavas

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Metasedimentary Greenstones

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Acasta Gneiss from Canadian Shield - 4 Ga

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