The Hadean protocrust is the name for the earth’s crust — its outermost layer — when it first formed. The ‘Hadean’ prefix refers to the planet’s first geologic aeon. At this time ...

The team's calculations showed the protocrust—Earth's earliest crust formed during the Hadean eon (4.5–4.0 billion years ago)—would naturally develop the same chemical signatures found in ...

Historically, the fact that chemical signatures seen in modern plate tectonic processes occurred in protocrust from Earth's first billion years, during the Hadean eon, had been used as evidence to ...

As a result, ancient rocks are very rare and there are probably none now remaining from the Hadean eon (4.5–4 billion years ago). Interestingly, despite much effort over many decades ...

As a result, ancient rocks are very rare and there are probably none now remaining from the Hadean eon (4.5-4 billion years ago). Interestingly, despite much effort over many decades, the results ...

In November 2023, the Company acquired LH Operating, LLC ("LHO") including its holdings in New Mexico of oil and gas waterflood production comprising 13,700 contiguous leasehold acres, 342 ...