Rhyacian System

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The Rhyacian System is a formal chronostratigraphic unit representing the rock record deposited during the Rhyacian Period of the Paleoproterozoic Eon.

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Rhyacian System canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chronostratigraphic unit ⓘ
formal chronostratigraphic unit ⓘ
belongsTo Precambrian Supereonothem NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronostratigraphicRank system ⓘ
correlatesWith Rhyacian Period NERFINISHED ⓘ
definedBy International Commission on Stratigraphy NERFINISHED ⓘ
discipline stratigraphy ⓘ
eon Paleoproterozoic Eon NERFINISHED ⓘ
eonothem Paleoproterozoic Eonothem NERFINISHED ⓘ
field geology ⓘ
followedBy Orosirian System NERFINISHED ⓘ
geochronologicEquivalent Rhyacian Period NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicTimeStatus formal ⓘ
lowerBoundaryDefinedBy base of the Rhyacian Period ⓘ
partOf Paleoproterozoic Eonothem NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionInEonothem second system of the Paleoproterozoic Eonothem ⓘ
precededBy Siderian System NERFINISHED ⓘ
represents Paleoproterozoic igneous rock successions ⓘ
Paleoproterozoic metamorphic rock successions ⓘ
Paleoproterozoic sedimentary rock successions ⓘ
rock record of the Rhyacian Period ⓘ
timeSpanApproximateEnd 2050 million years ago ⓘ
timeSpanApproximateStart 2300 million years ago ⓘ
upperBoundaryDefinedBy top of the Rhyacian Period ⓘ
usedIn international chronostratigraphic scale NERFINISHED ⓘ

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