Greenstone belts are zones of variably metamorphosed mafic to ultramafic volcanic sequences with associated sedimentary rocks that occur within Archaean...
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The Barberton Greenstone Belt is situated on the eastern edge of the Kaapvaal Craton in South Africa. It is known for its gold mineralisation and for...
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The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt (NGB; Inuktitut: [nuv.vu.a.git.tuq]) is a sequence of metamorphosed mafic to ultramafic volcanic and associated sedimentary...
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The Isua Greenstone Belt is an Archean greenstone belt in southwestern Greenland, aged between 3.7 and 3.8 billion years. The belt contains variably metamorphosed...
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The Abitibi greenstone belt is a 2,800-to-2,600-million-year-old greenstone belt that spans across the Ontario–Quebec border in Canada. It is mostly made...
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Kaapvaal Craton (section Barberton greenstone belt)
Eswatini granite-greenstone terrane situated in the southeastern part of the craton." Archean life in the Barberton Greenstone Belt – Some of the most...
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The Central Lapland Greenstone Belt (CLGB) is a greenstone belt located in the northern part of the Fennoscandian Shield. The region belongs to Lapland...
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The Temagami Greenstone Belt (TGB) is a small 2.7 billion year old greenstone belt in the Temagami region of Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It represents...
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Volcanism of Canada (section Greenstone belts)
Swayze greenstone belt further south is interpreted to be a southwestern extension of the Abitibi greenstone belt. The Archean Red Lake greenstone belt in...
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jade and similar stones Greenstone belt, Archean and Proterozoic volcanic–sedimentary rock sequences Isle Royale greenstone Chlorastrolite, found in...
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