Era Marc

Mesoarchean

3200.0000 – 2800.0000 Ma

The Mesoarchean is a geologic era in the Archean Eon, spanning 3,200 to 2,800 million years ago, which contains the first evidence of modern-style plate subduction and expansion of microbial life. The era is defined chronometrically and is not referenced to a specific level in a rock section on Earth.

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Mesoarchean
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Parent interval
Archean Eon