Gtenstone belt that spans across the Ontario–Quebec border in Canada
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.[1] It is mostly made of volcanic rocks, but also includes ultramafic rocks, mafic intrusions, granitoid rocks, and early and middle Precambrian sediments.[2]
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- ^ Archean greenstone belt[permanent dead link] Retrieved on 2007-09-26