Archean Definition & Meaning

archean
adjective
  1. of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon
noun
  1. the time from 3,800 million years to 2,500 million years ago; earth's crust formed; unicellular organisms are earliest forms of life

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