Using complete sentences, explain why the oldest dated rock (approx. 4.0 billion years old) is younger than the age of the Earth (4.55 billion years).

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Jamie French

1 January, 09:01

Using complete sentences, explain why the oldest dated rock (approx. 4.0 billion years old) is younger than the age of the Earth (4.55 billion years).

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Porter Leach · Answer 1

Primitive rocks of the earth slowly evolved with relatively cool temperature.

Explanation:

The oldest rocks of the earth have been broken down by the process of the erosion and have been estimated to be more than 4 billion years old and were formed during the hadeon eon. When the surface of the earth was exposed at various places such as the geologic shields and is younger than the age of the earth and formation of the universe some 4.5 billion years ago as mineral contents shows of the late crystallization of magma.