Meteorites have been found in the oldest sedimentary rocks
the verdict
SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
confidence 86/100
Evidence from ancient greenstone belts confirms that impact-derived meteoritic materials and spherules are preserved within early Archean sedimentary rock sequences.
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A Hydrothermal-Sedimentary Context for the Origin of Life.
2018 · cited by 68
The study examines ancient sediments from the 3.5-3.33 Ga Barberton Greenstone Belt, providing context for the sedimentary layers of early Earth.
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Early Archean spherule layers from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa: Mineralogy and geochemistry of the spherule beds in the CT3 drill core
2017 · cited by 14
Research on drill cores from the Barberton Greenstone Belt identifies multiple ancient spherule layers within Archean sedimentary sequences containing meteoritic components.