Laurentia

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Precambrian geological entity ancient continent craton

Laurentia is an ancient Precambrian craton that forms the geological core of present-day North America and parts of Greenland and Scotland.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Laurentia canonical 29
Laurentia (ancient North America) 1
Laurentia (paleocontinent) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Precambrian geological entity ⓘ
ancient continent ⓘ
craton ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Canadian Shield ⓘ
surface form: Laurentian craton

Laurentia ⓘ
surface form: North American Craton
contains Canadian Shield ⓘ
Greenland Shield ⓘ
parts of the Scottish Highlands basement ⓘ
continentType cratonic core ⓘ
coveredBy Phanerozoic sedimentary basins in many regions ⓘ
crustalComposition mainly Archean and Proterozoic crystalline basement rocks ⓘ
economicSignificance hosts major mineral resources ⓘ
experienced Caledonian orogeny-related collisions ⓘ
Grenville orogeny ⓘ
Trans-Hudson orogeny ⓘ
surface form: Penokean orogeny

Trans-Hudson orogeny ⓘ
Wopmay orogeny ⓘ
experiencedMajorGrowth Proterozoic Eon ⓘ
formed Archean Eon ⓘ
formsCoreOf Greenland ⓘ
North America ⓘ
parts of Scotland ⓘ
geologicalAge Precambrian Supereon ⓘ
surface form: Precambrian
hosts some of the oldest rocks on Earth ⓘ
includesRegion Nain craton ⓘ
Rae craton ⓘ
Slave Geological Province ⓘ
surface form: Slave craton

Superior craton ⓘ
Wyoming craton ⓘ
marginType active margin during multiple orogenic events ⓘ
passive margin during parts of the Paleozoic ⓘ
mineralResources diamonds ⓘ
gold ⓘ
iron ore ⓘ
nickel ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
oldestRockAge greater than 3.5 billion years ⓘ
paleogeographicRole major nucleus in Precambrian supercontinents ⓘ
partOf Earth's continental crust ⓘ
riftedFrom Gondwana ⓘ
tectonicStability high relative to surrounding mobile belts ⓘ
underlies central United States ⓘ
much of Canada ⓘ
parts of the Arctic Ocean floor ⓘ
wasPartOf Euramerica ⓘ
Laurasia ⓘ
Pannotia ⓘ
supercontinent Rodinia ⓘ
surface form: Rodinia

Referenced by (35)

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

Caledonian orogeny → continentInvolved → Laurentia ⓘ
supercontinent Columbia (Nuna) → containsCraton → Laurentia ⓘ
subject surface form: Columbia
supercontinent Columbia (Nuna) → containsCraton → Laurentia ⓘ
subject surface form: Nuna
supercontinent Columbia (Nuna) → centeredOn → Laurentia ⓘ
subject surface form: Columbia
supercontinent Columbia (Nuna) → centeredOn → Laurentia ⓘ
subject surface form: Nuna
supercontinent Rodinia → contains → Laurentia ⓘ
subject surface form: Rodinia
this entity surface form: Laurentia craton
supercontinent Pannotia → brokeUpInto → Laurentia ⓘ
subject surface form: Pannotia
supercontinent Pannotia → containedCraton → Laurentia ⓘ
subject surface form: Pannotia
this entity surface form: Laurentian craton
Ordovician Period → majorContinent → Laurentia ⓘ
Ordovician Period → paleogeography → Laurentia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurentia near the equator
Ouachita orogeny → plateInvolved → Laurentia ⓘ
Taconic orogeny → locatedIn → Laurentia ⓘ
Taconic orogeny → continentInvolved → Laurentia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurentia (ancient North America)
closure of Iapetus Ocean → involves → Laurentia ⓘ
Acadian orogeny → orogenAssociatedWith → Laurentia ⓘ
Avalonia microcontinent → collidedWith → Laurentia ⓘ
Cenozoic glaciations → mainLocation → Laurentia ⓘ
Laurentia → alsoKnownAs → Laurentia ⓘ
this entity surface form: North American Craton
Avalonia → collidedWith → Laurentia ⓘ
Avalonia → movedTowards → Laurentia ⓘ
Laura → hasCognate → Laurentia ⓘ
Greenland Caledonides → formedByCollisionOf → Laurentia ⓘ
Kalahari Craton → riftedFrom → Laurentia ⓘ
Pannotia → includedContinent → Laurentia ⓘ
Grenville orogeny → continentAffected → Laurentia ⓘ
Iapetus Ocean → separated → Laurentia ⓘ
Laurentius → hasFeminineForm → Laurentia ⓘ
Laurussia continent → containsTerranesFrom → Laurentia ⓘ
subject surface form: Laurussia
Marathon orogeny → continent → Laurentia ⓘ
Sirius Passet → locatedOn → Laurentia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurentia (paleocontinent)
Thelodonti → distribution → Laurentia ⓘ
Laurussia → containedCraton → Laurentia ⓘ
Laurussia → relatedConcept → Laurentia ⓘ
Euramerica → formedByCollisionOf → Laurentia ⓘ
Euramerica → precededBy → Laurentia ⓘ