Team finds Earth's 'oldest rocks'

[minidog]

Earth's most ancient rocks, with an age of 4.28 billion years, have been found on the shore of Hudson Bay, Canada.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7639024.stm

 

[Friday on my mind]

So that story about creation in the bible happening about 10,000 years ago may not be true? Blasphemy!!!! Burn those scientists at the stake!:bowdown:

 

[AFA]

Earth's most ancient rocks, with an age of 4.28 billion years, have been found on the shore of Hudson Bay, Canada.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7639024.stm

There was a TV show on the other night about that, called Great Cities: New York that talked about that whole area being carved out by glaciers down the Hudson River and depositing giant stones in what is now Central Park.

 

[tunsty]

The Rolling Stones..?

 

[ChefChiTown]

I know that they use carbon-dating, but this just seemed funny to me...

"The rocks contain a very special chemical signature - one that can only be found in rocks which are very, very old," he said.

How scientific is that? :1orglaugh

 

[BlueBalls]

:rofl: Oh. to be a geologist :rofl:



1 - "Hey I found some rocks"

2 - "Yeah, they look old"

1 - "Yeah..."

2 - "Mmm..."

1 - "So........you want to go over in that field, snort some coke and fuck?"

2 - "Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..............................."

1 - "Okay okay okay, if your not into that why dont you shoot me in the face......it'll be fun, yeah, no, I need an answer"


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