The mystery of the Great Unconformity is inherently tied to two of geology’s other great enigmas: the rise and fall of Snowball Earth and the sudden emergence of complex life in the Ediacaran and ...

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 ...

The Great Unconformity which took place in North America, the team suggested, was likely caused by the breakup of the supercontinent Rodinia 700-800 million years ago, bringing older rock to the ...

Scientists use martite crystals to date Earth's missing rock record, revealing parts of the Great Unconformity formed 1.4 billion years ago—rewriting geology.

Diachronous development of Great Unconformities before Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020; 201913131 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1913131117 ...

The Great Unconformity of Earth's Geology May Have Been Crushed by Glaciers The Great Unconformity isn't just a nickname for your teenage years. by Peter Hess Jan. 3, 2019 ...

There is no evidence for a great unconformity of over 300 Ma between the Mesoproterozoic Xiamaling Formation and the “Neoproterozoic” Longshan Formation in the North China Craton, China ...