Reevaluating the evidence for a Hadean-Eoarchean dynamo

Cauê S. Borlina, Benjamin P. Weiss, Eduardo A. Lima, Fengzai Tang, Richard J.M. Taylor, Joshua F. Einsle, Richard J. Harrison, Roger R. Fu, Elizabeth A. Bell, Ellen W. Alexander, Heather M. Kirkpatrick, Matthew M. Wielicki, T. Mark Harrison, Jahandar Ramezani, Adam C. Maloof

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Abstract

The time of origin of the geodynamo has important implications for the thermal evolution of the planetary interior and the habitability of early Earth. It has been proposed that detrital zircon grains from Jack Hills, Western Australia, provide evidence for an active geodynamo as early as 4.2 billion years (Ga) ago. However, our combined paleomagnetic, geochemical, and mineralogical studies on Jack Hills zircons indicate that most have poor magnetic recording properties and secondary magnetization carriers that postdate the formation of the zircons. Therefore, the existence of the geodynamo before 3.5 Ga ago remains unknown.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbereaav9634
JournalScience Advances
Volume6
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

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