Thelon orogenic belt

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geologic history of North America

  • North America
    In North America: 2.0 to 1.8 billion years ago

    The collision produced the Thelon orogenic belt, which stretches from central Alberta to the northwestern corner of Greenland. About 1.85 billion years ago the Superior province collided with the southern Churchill province to form the bowlike Trans-Hudson orogenic belt, the crest of which underlies Hudson Bay. The zonation of…

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