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  • adjective geology Of a geologic era within the Archaean eon from about 3200 to 2800 million years ago; stromatolites have existed from this time.
  • proper noun geology The Mesooarchean era.

Etymologies

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meso- +‎ Archean

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  • Schoene and Bowring provide insight into the time scales of magmatic intrusion with unprecedented temporal precision, using new methods of U-Pb zircon dating, and link this with field mapping and geochemistry to characterize an episode of Mesoarchean magmatism.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • Rates and mechanisms of Mesoarchean magmatic arc construction, eastern Kaapvaal craton,

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • Schoene and Bowring provide insight into the time scales of magmatic intrusion with unprecedented temporal precision, using new methods of U-Pb zircon dating, and link this with field mapping and geochemistry to characterize an episode of Mesoarchean magmatism.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • Rates and mechanisms of Mesoarchean magmatic arc construction, eastern Kaapvaal craton,

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • Topics in Sedimentary Geology That I Write About Theoretical Stratigraphy #2: Barrell and the Rhythms of Geologic Time Constraints on the depths and temperatures of basaltic magma generation on Earth and other terrestrial planets using new thermobarometers for mafic magmas Methanotrophs regulated atmospheric sulfur isotope anomalies during the Mesoarchean (Tumbiana Formation, Western Australia)

    Clastic Detritus 2009

  • Despite Inking Zetterberg, Wings Will Still Have Choices to Make Topics in Sedimentary Geology That I Write About Theoretical Stratigraphy #2: Barrell and the Rhythms of Geologic Time Constraints on the depths and temperatures of basaltic magma generation on Earth and other terrestrial planets using new thermobarometers for mafic magmas Methanotrophs regulated atmospheric sulfur isotope anomalies during the Mesoarchean (Tumbiana Formation, Western Australia)

    Clastic Detritus 2009

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