Archean Eon – (4,000-2,500 Mil BC) – Eoarchean Era – (4,000-3,600 Mil BC)
3,950 Mil BC (Other) – Rocks in Labrador, Canada. Graphite found in sedimentary rocks revealed that the geochemical
signature came from the decomposition of living organisms. They were “biogenic," meaning it was produced by living organisms
3,900 Mil BC (Other) – An Earth day was 14.4 hours long
3,900 Mil BC (Atmosphere) – The atmosphere became mostly carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane and
ammonia
3,900 -2,700 Mil BC (Other) – The existence of a hypothetical continent
Ur/Vaalbara was proposed due to similarities between the Transvaal Basin craton in South Africa and the Hamersley Basin craton in
Australia. This is scientifically not agreed upon as Earth was believed to hot and volcanic without plate tectonics for continents to form and
therefore just the product of global processes forming cratons
(The problem with not believing in continents at this stage is the large meteorite impacts between 3,500 and 3,200 million years ago
detectable in the Kaapvaal Barberton granite-greenstone terrain and Pilbara's eastern block. Also 2,900 million years ago the first record of
glaciations in the Pongola region of the now Southern Africa was found, although the find is restricted to that area and may represent regional
glaciations.)
3,870 Mil BC (Other) – Traces of microbial life and photosynthesis in the Pilbara and Kaapvaal cratons
which contains well-preserved Archaean microfossils. A series of international drilling projects has revealed it in both Africa and Australia
3,700 Mil BC (Other) – Indirect evidence of life comes from banded iron formations in greenstones
Paleoarchean Era – (3,600-3,200 Mil BC)
3,460 Mil BC (Impact) – Marble Bar Spherules, Pilbara, Western Australia (??km/100's of km)
–
(geological evidence but crater undiscovered due to erosion)
3,260 Mil BC (Impact) – Barberton Greenstone Belt, Transvaal, Southern Africa (37–58km/500km)
– (geological evidence but crater undiscovered due to erosion)
Mesoarchean Era – (3,200-2,800 Mil BC)
3,000 Mil BC (Atmosphere) – The atmosphere was 75% nitrogen and 15% carbon dioxide
3,000 Mil BC (Other) – The Sun was 80% of current level
3,000 Mil BC (Impact) – Maniitsoq crater, Greenland (??km/100km)
–
(unconfirmed)
2,900-2,780 Mil BC (Climate) – The Mozaan Ice-age at the Transvaal Basin (craton) of the Ur/Vaalbara
continent the current Pongola region of South Africa
2,800 Mil BC (Magnetic field) – Oldest record of Earth's magnetic field
2,800-2,700 Mil BC (Plate-tectonics) – Ur/Vaalbara started to break up
Neoarchean Era – (2,800-2,500 Mil BC)
2,707-2,704 Mil BC (Volcanism) – The Blake River Mega caldera complex start forming
2,700 Mil BC (Plate-tectonics) – The super-continent Kenorland formed
2,700-2,400 Mil BC (Climate & Atmosphere) – The temperature was similar to today and
atmospheric oxygen content 0.1%
2,600-1,130 Mil BC (Impact) – Yarrabubba, Western Australia (??km/30km)
Proterozoic Eon – (2,500-542 Mil BC) : Paleoproterozoic Era – (2,500-1,600 Mil BC) : Siderian Period – (2,500-2,300 Mil
BC)
2,480-2,450 Mil BC (Volcanism & Plate tectonics) – The Mistassini and Matachewan dike swarms
formed as well as sedimentary rift-basins/rift-margins on other continents.
2,480-2,100 Mil BC (Plate-tectonics) – The super-continent Kenorland broke up that was believed to
contain Laurentia (the core of today's North America and Greenland), Baltica (today's Scandinavia and Baltic), Western Australia and Kalaharia
2,450-2,100 Mil BC (Climate) – Huronian Ice-age
2,420 Mil BC (Volcanism – Widgiemooltha complex in the current Australia
2,400 Mil BC (Impact) – Suavjärvi, Russia (??km/16km)
2,400 Mil BC (Atmosphere) – A jump in Oxygen called the “Great Oxidation Event” caused by
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
Rhyacian Period – (2,300-2,050 Mil BC)
2,300-2,050 Mil BC (Volcanism) – This period was high in volcanism building igneous complexes all over some that is
rich in mineral and igneous rocks. Earth was a volcanic rock
2,220 Mil BC (Volcanism) – The Ungava complex in Canada
2,050 Mil BC (Volcanism) – The Bushveld complex in Africa
Orosirian Period – (2,050-1,800 Mil BC)
2,050-1,800 Mil BC (Plate tectonics) – This period was known for its continent (mountain) building/breaking involving
plate tectonics
2,023 Mil BC (Impact) – Vredefort, South Africa (??km/300km)
2,000 Mil BC (Impact) – Bohemia, Czech Republic (??km/400km)
– (unconfirmed)
2,000 Mil BC (Other) – The Sun was 85% of current level
2,400 Mil BC (Atmosphere) – Oxygen starts accumulating in the atmosphere
1,850 Mil BC (Impact) – Sudbury, Ontario, Canada (??km/60-250km)
Statherian Period – (1,800-1,600 Mil BC)
1,800-1,600 Mil BC (Other) – Believed to be a period of calmness where Earth started reaching a firm stable state.
Complex single-celled life appeared
1,800-1,600 Mil BC (Plate tectonics) – A general starting point for continents and how Earth looked.
Slowly but surely the scientists are piecing together a picture of the breakups and formations. It is believed that a super continent “Columbia”
formed during this period as Earth’s crust thickens and stabilize
(Columbia, also known as Nuna and Hudsonland, was the reassembly of
continental blocks either from Ur/Vaalbara (2,700 million years ago) or Kenorland (2,400 million years ago). Columbia contained most of Earth’s
current blocks)
1,800 Mil BC (Impact) – Paasselkä, Finland (??km/10km)