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  2. 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.

  3. Category:Geology of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Geology of Canada by province or territory (18 C, 1 P) Geology of Canada by region (7 C) * Canada geology-related lists (3 P) A. Aquifers in Canada (1 C, 4 P) C.

  4. Geography of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The boreal forest of Canada is considered to be the largest intact forest on Earth, with around 300,000 square kilometres (120,000 sq mi) undisturbed by roads, cities or industry. [60] The Canadian Arctic tundra is the second-largest vegetation region in the country consisting of dwarf shrubs, sedges and grasses, mosses and lichens. [61]

  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. Category:Geology by country - Wikipedia

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    Geology of Canada (27 C, 18 P) Geology of Cape Verde (1 C, 2 P) ... Pages in category "Geology by country" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.

  7. 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 ...

  8. Category:Geology of North America by country - Wikipedia

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    Geology of Central America by country (8 C) A. Geology of Antigua and Barbuda (5 P) B. ... Geology of Canada (27 C, 18 P) Geology of Costa Rica (6 C, 3 P)

  9. 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.