Earth:Franceville basin
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The Franceville Basis is a 1.6-2.1 billion year old sedimentary basis in Gabon. It contains unmetamorphosed sediments.[1] It is notable for containing the Francevillian Biota, which is likely the oldest multicellular life known. A natural fission reactor formed there about 800-900 million years ago.[2]
Geology
The Franceville Basin cover approximately 25,000 km2 and is made up of unmetamorphosed sediment. It is over a kilometer thick, with various sources claiming 2.5-4 kilometers as the maximum depth.[1] Around 800-900 mya a natural fission reactor formed. The resulting fission by-products were held in place by a clay layer.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bankole, Olabode M.; El Albani, Abderrazak; Meunier, Alain; Gauthier-Lafaye, François (October 2015). "Textural and paleo-fluid flow control on diagenesis in the Paleoproterozoic Franceville Basin, South Eastern, Gabon" (in en). Precambrian Research 268: 115–134. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2015.07.008. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0301926815002399.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gauthier-Lafaye, F.; Holliger, P.; Blanc, P. -L. (1996-12-01). "Natural fission reactors in the Franceville basin, Gabon: A review of the conditions and results of a "critical event" in a geologic system" (in en). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 60 (23): 4831–4852. doi:10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00245-1. ISSN 0016-7037. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703796002451.
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