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Earth’s geological record is missing 1 billion years. Scientists just found out where they went.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In geological layers around the world (particularly in the southwestern U.S.) roughly one billion years of rock are missing—a mystery known as the ...
IFLScience

The "Great Unconformity" And Earth's Missing Billion Years May Have A New Explanation

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
Popular Mechanics

So, Uh, Where Did a Billion Years of the Geologic Record Go?

Scientists are floating a new way to explain a geological feature called the Great Unconformity, where the record of a billion years is just missing from between the layers of rock. Or, to be more ...
Inverse

The Great Unconformity of Earth's Geology May Have Been Crushed by Glaciers

A huge section of Earth’s fossil history is missing. Scientists know where it should be, but it’s not there. And now they think they know where it went. All over the planet, there are huge gaps in the ...