Isua Greenstone Belt

GPTKB entity

Statements (20)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:age about 3.7 to 3.8 billion years
gptkbp:contains ultramafic rocks
banded iron formations
possible microfossils
amphibolites
gneisses
metamorphosed volcanic and sedimentary rocks
gptkbp:country gptkb:Denmark_(via_Greenland)
gptkbp:debatedBy evidence of earliest life forms
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1960s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Isua Greenstone Belt
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Greenland
gptkbp:notableFor oldest known rocks on Earth
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Archean_Eon
gptkbp:significance insight into early Earth conditions
gptkbp:studiedBy evidence of early life
geologists worldwide
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eoarchean_Era
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7