Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt

An outcrop of metamorphosed volcanosedimentary rocks at Porpoise Cove.

Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt, also called the Porpoise Cove greenstone belt, is a greenstone belt on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in northern Quebec, Canada. With an age of about 4.28 billion years, it is the only portion of the Earth's crust known to have formed during the Hadean eon.^[1]

See also

Volcanism of Canada portal

• List of greenstone belts

References

1. ^ Implications of the Nuvvuagittuq “faux-amphibolite” for the formation of Earth’s early crust

Coordinates: 58°18′N 077°45′W / 58.3°N 77.75°W / 58.3; -77.75

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