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Data sets | Publications | Expeditions | Thesaurus |
Avalonia | |
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RT | Avalon Zone |
Great Britain | |
Canada | |
England | |
Ireland | |
North America | |
plate tectonics | |
United States | |
Wales | |
SN | Paleocontinent which separated from Gondwana in the lower Paleozoic. Western Avalonia is used in E North America; Eastern Avalonia, in the S British Isles. Indexed with ages, countries and continents as applicable. |
Avalonian Orogenic Phase | |
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USE | Avalonian Orogeny |
Avalonian Orogeny | |
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BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
.Precambrian | |
..Avalonian Orogeny | |
UF | Avalonian Orogenic Phase |
RT | orogeny |
North America | |
Avalon Zone | |
SN | Used in connection with orogenic event near the end of Precambrian time along E border of North America. Named for the Avalon Peninsula in SE Newfoundland. Before 1978, search Avalonian AND orogeny. |