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Greenstone belt — Greenstone belts are zones of variably metamorphosed mafic to ultramafic volcanic sequences with associated sedimentary rocks that occur within Archaean and Proterozoic cratons between granite and gneiss bodies. The name comes from the green hue… … Wikipedia
Isua greenstone belt — The Isua greenstone belt is an Archean greenstone belt in southwestern Greenland dated at 3.8 3.7 Ga and contains the oldest known, well preserved, metavolcanic (metamorphosed mafic volcanic), metasedimentary and sedimentary rocks on Earth. It… … Wikipedia
Temagami greenstone belt — The Temagami greenstone belt is an Archean greenstone belt in Temagami, Ontario, located Unit km|100|0 northeast of Sudbury, Canada. It is characterized by felsic mafic volcanic rocks and averages about Unit km|13|0 wide and Unit km|29|0 long… … Wikipedia
Flin Flon greenstone belt — The Flin Flon greenstone belt, also referred to as the Flin Flon Snow Lake greenstone belt, is a Precambrian greenstone belt located in the central area of Manitoba and east central Saskatchewan, Canada. It lies in the central portion of the… … Wikipedia
Abitibi greenstone belt — The Abitibi greenstone belt is a 2,800 2,600 million year old greenstone belt that spans across the Ontario Quebec border in Canada. It is mostly made of volcanic rocks, but also includes ultramafic rocks, mafic intrusions, granitoid rocks, and… … Wikipedia
Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt — An outcrop of metamorphosed volcanosedimentary rocks at Porpoise Cove. Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt, also called the Porpoise Cove greenstone belt, is a greenstone belt on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in northern Quebec, Canada. With an age of … Wikipedia
Swayse greenstone belt — The Swayze greenstone belt is a late Archean greenstone belt in northern Ontario, Canada. It is the southwestern extension of the Abitibi greenstone belt. [ [http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2001AM/finalprogram/abstract 25729.htm Deformation history of… … Wikipedia
Central Lapland Greenstone Belt — The Central Lapland Greenstone Belt (CLGB) is a greenstone belt located in the northern part of the Fennoscandian Shield. The region belongs to Lapland, northern Finland. The CLGB is part of a much larger belt of Paleoproterozoic greenstones, a… … Wikipedia
Bird River greenstone belt — The Bird River greenstone belt is an Archean greenstone belt in southeastern Manitoba, Canada. [ [http://www.gov.mb.ca/stem/mrd/geo/field/roa06pdfs/GS 18.pdf Structural geology of the Bernic Lake area, Bird River greenstone belt, southwestern… … Wikipedia
Greenstone — is a name given to several different types of minerals.* Pounamu, a form of green nephrite jade found in New Zealand and Australia * Chlorastrolite * Greenschist * Greenstone (archaeology), a type of stone used by early cultures, particularly in… … Wikipedia
Volcanic belt — [ Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt in Mexico ] A volcanic belt is a large volcanically active region. Other terms are used for smaller areas of activity, such as volcanic fields. Volcanic belts are found above zones of unusually high temperature (700… … Wikipedia
