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  2. Sudbury Basin - Wikipedia

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    Geological map of Sudbury Basin Shatter cone from Sudbury Impact Structure, Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The Sudbury Basin (/ ˈ s ʌ d b ə r i /), also known as Sudbury Structure or the Sudbury Nickel Irruptive, is a major geological structure in Ontario, Canada. It is the third-largest known impact structure on Earth, as well as one ...

  3. Geology of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The geology of Canada is a subject of regional geology and covers the country of Canada, which is the second-largest country in the world.Geologic units and processes are investigated on a large scale to reach a synthesized picture of the geological development of the country.

  4. Volcanism of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Mount Edziza, a stratovolcano in northwestern British Columbia A topographic map of Canada, showing elevations shaded from green (lower) to brown (higher). Volcanic activity is a major part of the geology of Canada and is characterized by many types of volcanic landform, including lava flows, volcanic plateaus, lava domes, cinder cones, stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes, submarine volcanoes ...

  5. Canadian Shield - Wikipedia

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    Many of Canada's major ore deposits are associated with greenstone belts. [15] The Sturgeon Lake Caldera in Kenora District, Ontario, is one of the world's best preserved mineralized Neoarchean caldera complexes, which is 2.7 Ga. [16] The Canadian Shield also contains the Mackenzie dike swarm, which is the largest dike swarm known on Earth. [17]

  6. Geology of Ontario - Wikipedia

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    The geology of Ontario is the study of rock formations in the most populated province in Canada- it is home to some of the oldest rock on Earth. The geology in Ontario consists of ancient Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rock which sits under younger, sedimentary rocks and soils. Around 61% of Ontario is covered by the Canadian Shield. The ...

  7. Abitibi greenstone belt - Wikipedia

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    The Abitibi greenstone belt is a 2,800-to-2,600-million-year-old greenstone belt that spans across the Ontario–Quebec border in Canada. [1] It is mostly made of volcanic rocks, but also includes ultramafic rocks, mafic intrusions, granitoid rocks, and early and middle Precambrian sediments.

  8. Western Canada Sedimentary Basin - Wikipedia

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    Canada is the third largest producer and second largest exporter of gas in the world, with the vast majority of it coming from the WCSB. The WCSB is estimated to have 143 trillion cubic feet (4,000 km 3) of marketable gas remaining (discovered and undiscovered), which represents about two thirds of Canadian gas reserves. Over half of the gas ...

  9. Okotoks Erratic - Wikipedia

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    Geology: glacial erratic: ... (5 mi) west of the town of Okotoks, Alberta, Canada, 18 km (11 mi) south of Calgary in ... Big Rock is the largest erratic within the ...