archean
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1. archean - Noun
2. archean - Adjective
3. archean - Adjective Satellite
4. Archean - Proper noun
Meaning
of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon
the time from 3,800 million years to 2,500 million years ago; earth's crust formed; unicellular organisms are earliest forms of life
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Tectonic history (Supercontinents) Evidence of collision and rifting between continents raises questions as to what exactly the movements of the Archean cratons composing Proterozoic continents were.
Earth's deep time in the Proterozoic and deeper still in the Archean is only "recounted by microscopic fossils and subtle chemical signals."