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  • geologic history of Earth
    / Formation of the secondary atmosphere

    8 billion years ago) at Isua in West Greenland, and thus this process must have been operative by this time. Iron formations dating to early Precambrian time (4.6 billion to 541 million years ago) are so thick and common that they provide the major source of the world’s iron. Large…

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    8 billion years ago) at Isua in West Greenland, and thus this process must have been operative by this time. Iron formations dating to early Precambrian time (4.6 billion to 541 million years ago) are so thick and common that they provide the major source of the world’s iron. Large…

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