@FireTower to Ask Lemmy • 1 year agoWhat's the Oldest Thing You Own?message-square122arrow-up1103arrow-down12
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minus-square@TheActualDevillink1•1 year agoAren’t most(all?) rocks billions of years old? Are we making new rocks?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoWe are in areas of high volcanism! I was in Iceland a few months ago, and in some areas the rocks are only tens of years old. There are entire plains of lava flows that are only a few thousand years old. (Same for Hawaii, too.)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkSvenska2•1 year agoRocks can grow baby rocks that grow mini rocks.
Aren’t most(all?) rocks billions of years old? Are we making new rocks?
We are in areas of high volcanism!
I was in Iceland a few months ago, and in some areas the rocks are only tens of years old. There are entire plains of lava flows that are only a few thousand years old. (Same for Hawaii, too.)
Rocks can grow baby rocks that grow mini rocks.