Baltica

E115439

Precambrian craton ancient continent continental craton

Baltica is an ancient Precambrian continental craton that now underlies much of northern and eastern Europe, including parts of Scandinavia and western Russia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Baltica canonical	23
Baltic Shield	5
Baltic basin	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Precambrian craton ⓘ ancient continent ⓘ continental craton ⓘ
containsRockUnits	Archean gneisses ⓘ Proterozoic granitoids ⓘ high-grade metamorphic rocks ⓘ
formedIn	Precambrian Supereon ⓘ surface form: Precambrian Eon
geologicalAge	Precambrian Supereon ⓘ surface form: Precambrian
hasAgeRange	Archean to Proterozoic basement ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Baltic continent ⓘ East European Craton ⓘ surface form: Baltic craton
hasCharacteristic	ancient crystalline basement ⓘ highly metamorphosed rocks ⓘ low heat flow ⓘ tectonically stable interior ⓘ thick continental lithosphere ⓘ
hasEconomicSignificance	hosts industrial mineral deposits ⓘ hosts metallic ore deposits ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	geological structure of northern Europe ⓘ mineral resources of Fennoscandia ⓘ
hasLithology	cratonic basement rocks ⓘ
hasTectonicHistory	Avalonia microcontinent ⓘ surface form: collided with Laurentia participated in the Caledonian orogeny ⓘ rifted from Gondwana or peri-Gondwanan terranes ⓘ was once an independent continent ⓘ was part of the supercontinent Pangaea ⓘ was part of the supercontinent Pannotia ⓘ was part of the supercontinent Rodinia ⓘ
includesRegion	Baltica self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Baltic Shield Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ parts of the East European Craton ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Europe ⓘ Northern Europe ⓘ
partOf	Earth's crust ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	Precambrian geology ⓘ geology ⓘ plate tectonics ⓘ
typeOf	paleocontinent ⓘ
underlies	Finland ⓘ Norway ⓘ Scandinavia ⓘ Sweden ⓘ parts of Belarus ⓘ parts of Denmark ⓘ parts of Poland ⓘ parts of Ukraine ⓘ parts of northwestern Russia ⓘ parts of the Baltic states ⓘ western Russia ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Appalachian orogeny → involvesPlate → Baltica ⓘ

Caledonian orogeny → continentInvolved → Baltica ⓘ

supercontinent Columbia (Nuna) → containsCraton → Baltica ⓘ

subject surface form: Columbia

supercontinent Columbia (Nuna) → containsCraton → Baltica ⓘ

subject surface form: Nuna

supercontinent Pannotia → brokeUpInto → Baltica ⓘ

subject surface form: Pannotia

Ordovician Period → majorContinent → Baltica ⓘ

closure of Iapetus Ocean → involves → Baltica ⓘ

Avalonia microcontinent → collidedWith → Baltica ⓘ

Fennoscandia → partlyOverlaps → Baltica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baltic Shield

Baltica → includesRegion → Baltica self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baltic Shield

Avalonia → collidedWith → Baltica ⓘ

Avalonia → movedTowards → Baltica ⓘ

Ancylus transgression → hasLocation → Baltica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baltic basin

Fennoscandian Shield → continentPart → Baltica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baltic Shield

Fennoscandian Shield → partOf → Baltica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baltic Shield

Greenland Caledonides → formedByCollisionOf → Baltica ⓘ

Pannotia → includedContinent → Baltica ⓘ

Grenville orogeny → continentAffected → Baltica ⓘ

Iapetus Ocean → separated → Baltica ⓘ

Laurussia continent → formedByCollisionOf → Baltica ⓘ

subject surface form: Laurussia

Laurussia continent → containsTerranesFrom → Baltica ⓘ

subject surface form: Laurussia

East European Craton → partOf → Baltica ⓘ

East European Craton → hasCoreRegion → Baltica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baltic Shield

Thelodonti → distribution → Baltica ⓘ

Laurussia → formedByCollisionOf → Baltica ⓘ

Laurussia → containedCraton → Baltica ⓘ

Laurussia → relatedConcept → Baltica ⓘ

Euramerica → formedByCollisionOf → Baltica ⓘ

Euramerica → precededBy → Baltica ⓘ