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Laurentia basement rocks. Laurentia or the North American Craton is a large continental craton that forms the ancient geological core of North America.Many times in its past, Laurentia has been a separate continent, as it is now in the form of North America, although originally it also included the cratonic areas of Greenland and the Hebridean Terrane in northwest Scotland.
(Click to zoom) See legend below This is the legend for the North American geological map above. Geologic map of North America. The geology of North America is a subject of regional geology and covers the North American continent, the third-largest in the world. Geologic units and processes are investigated on a large scale to reach a ...
The North American plate is a tectonic plate containing most of North America, Cuba, the Bahamas, extreme northeastern Asia, and parts of Iceland and the Azores.With an area of 76 million km 2 (29 million sq mi), it is the Earth's second largest tectonic plate, behind the Pacific plate (which borders the plate to the west).
Laurentian Craton, also known as North American Craton – Craton forming the geological core of North America (Canada and United States) Insular plate – Ancient oceanic plate; Intermontane plate – Ancient oceanic tectonic plate on the west coast of North America about 195 million years ago; Izanagi plate – Ancient tectonic plate; Mexican ...
Nain Craton (part of North Atlantic Craton) North American Craton (Laurentia) Rae Craton; Sask Craton; Sclavia Craton; Slave Craton, Northwest Territories, Canada (4.03–3.5 Ga) Superior Craton, Canada and northern United States (3.7–2.7 Ga) Wyoming Craton
There is continuing controversy over whether the region is a shear zone or suture, [1] [9] and the role the zone played in the formation of the North American continent. [2] At one time, both the Great Falls Tectonic Zone and the Vulcan structure were both considered sutures, but debate remains open on the point. [ 2 ]
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The Midcontinent Rift System (MRS) or Keweenawan Rift is a 2,000 km (1,200 mi) long geological rift in the center of the North American continent and south-central part of the North American plate. It formed when the continent's core, the North American craton , began to split apart during the Mesoproterozoic era of the Precambrian , about 1.1 ...