Marble Bar, Western Australia
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North Pole
An ironically named locality nearby is known as North Pole (21° 05' S. 119° 22' E.), no doubt for its heat. It is the location of rock formations considered to have evidence that puts the origin of life on earth back to 3,400–3,500 mya, due to stromatolites in particular rock sequences. However this is disputed, and it is argued that stromatolites older than 3,200 mya are not the result of living organisms (the definition of stromatolites includes both living and abiotic causes), the small conical structures in the Strelley Pool formation (Warrawoona GroupWarrawoona Group
The Warrawoona Group is a geological unit in Western Australia containing putative fossils of cyanobacteria cells. Dated 3.465 Ga, these microstructures, found in archean chert, are considered to be the oldest known geological record of life on earth....
) being formed by evaporation and a dome structure from the North Pole chert (also Warrawoona Group) being formed by soft-sediment deformation.
See also
- List of weather records
- Pilbara historical timelinePilbara historical timelinePilbara historical timelineThis timeline is a detailed list of events and locations of the development of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.-References:* Hamersley Iron Diary titled Hamersley Iron. The Pilbara Flora Collection 1984...
- Pilbara newspapersPilbara newspapersPilbara newspapersThis is a selection of newspapers published in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.The rise and fall of some of the newspapers reflect the shifts and changes in population in various localities of the region as mining starts and moves through different zones, and also as some...
- Royal Commission into British nuclear tests in Australia
- Warrawoona GroupWarrawoona GroupThe Warrawoona Group is a geological unit in Western Australia containing putative fossils of cyanobacteria cells. Dated 3.465 Ga, these microstructures, found in archean chert, are considered to be the oldest known geological record of life on earth....
- in relation to North Pole findings
Further reading
- Edwards, Hugh Gold dust and iron mountains : Marble Bar & beyond : the story of the Eastern Pilbara Swanbourne, W.A. : H. Edwards, 1993. ISBN 0-646-14570-3 "Produced by the East Pilbara Shire for the centenary of Marble Bar, 1893-1993".