Canadian Shield
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canadian-shield-205-18393122
title:
Canadian Shield
text:
The Canadian Shield, also called the Laurentian Shield or the Laurentian Plateau, is a geologic shield, a large area of exposed Precambrian igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks. It forms the North American Craton, the ancient geologic core of the North American continent. Glaciation has left the area with only a thin layer of soil, through which exposures of igneous bedrock resulting from its long volcanic history are frequently visible. As a deep, common, joined bedrock region in eastern an
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Geographic and geologic area of North America
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Shield
date created:
2001-08-30T19:28:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T14:02:53Z
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13
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