~1,200,000,000: During the Stenian period, as the supercontinent Rodinia is assembling, a layer of dolomite sediments out atop the Vishnu schist and Zoroaster granite. This will be called the Bass Limestone. After a relatively brief period of time, perhaps only a few million years, the sea from which the Bass Limestone was deposited recedes, and river deltas along the advancing shore lay down mud, silt, and sand that will become the Hakatai shale. These wetlands are home to stromatolites, large reef-like structures made by colonial cyanobacteria. The Hakatai emerges above sea level, is eroded away in part along with any overlying layers, and then re-submerged, after which sands are deposited —these will become the Shinumo Quartzite — and then tidal flat sediments upon the sands, which become the Dox Formation

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