Rae craton
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Rae craton is an ancient, stable block of Earth’s continental crust that forms a major geological core of the Canadian Shield within the North American craton.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
craton
ⓘ
geological province ⓘ |
| ageRange | greater than 2.5 billion years ⓘ |
| associatedOrogeny |
Taltson–Thelon orogeny
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trans-Hudson orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Churchill Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hearne craton NERFINISHED ⓘ Slave craton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
ancient continental crust
ⓘ
forms a major geological core of the Canadian Shield ⓘ tectonically stable ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| crustalThickness | relatively thick continental crust ⓘ |
| economicGeology |
base metal deposits
ⓘ
diamond-bearing kimberlites ⓘ gold deposits ⓘ hosts mineral resources ⓘ uranium deposits ⓘ |
| formedBy | accretion of Archean terranes ⓘ |
| geologicalAge |
Archean
ⓘ
Paleoproterozoic ⓘ |
| heatFlow | low ⓘ |
| lithology |
granitoid plutons
ⓘ
granulite-facies rocks ⓘ greenstone belts ⓘ high-grade gneiss ⓘ metasedimentary rocks ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North America
ⓘ
Northwest Territories NERFINISHED ⓘ Nunavut NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Manitoba ⓘ northern Saskatchewan ⓘ northwestern Canadian Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oldestRocksAge | about 3.0–3.2 billion years ⓘ |
| overprintedBy | Paleoproterozoic orogenesis ⓘ |
| partOf |
Canadian Shield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North American craton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField |
Precambrian geology
ⓘ
craton evolution ⓘ |
| significance |
important for reconstruction of early Proterozoic supercontinents
ⓘ
key to understanding assembly of the Canadian Shield ⓘ records early continental crust formation ⓘ |
| structuralElement | Churchill craton ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | interior of North American plate ⓘ |
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