Researchers from Canada and France suggest that the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt (NGB), a rock formation located in northeastern Canada, may contain rocks dating back to around 4.16 billion years ago.

In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...

Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...

Scientists just confirmed the world’s oldest rocks in northern Quebec. Some may have formed from Earth’s earliest seawater.

A new kind of earthquake has been detected in western Canada, one that shakes the ground slower and longer than typical ...

It’s the only rock determined to be from the first of four geological eons in our planet’s history: the Hadean, which began 4.6 billion years ago when the world was hot, turbulent and hell-like.

Nature - Geological Survey of Canada. Skip to main content. ... The discovery of the church of Rungholt, a landmark for the drowned medieval landscapes of the Wadden Sea World Heritage ...