Paleoproterozoic


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Pa·le·o·prot·er·o·zo·ic

 (pā′lē-ō-prŏt′ər-ə-zō′ĭk, -prō′tər-)
adj.
Of, relating to, or being the oldest of the three eras of the Proterozoic Eon, from approximately 2.5 billion to 1.6 billion years ago, marked by the formation of stable continents and the appearance of cyanobacteria. See Table at geologic time.
n.
The Paleoproterozoic Era.
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Translations
Paléoprotérozoïque
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The study area belongs to the Pan-African belt (Figure 1), also interpreted as the result of the convergence and collision between the steady Archaean Congo Craton to the south and one or two Paleoproterozoic plates [16,17].
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Their topics include evaluating kinematic displacement rate effects of transient thermal processes in thrust belts using coupled thermo-mechanical finite-element models, the Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the western Blue Ridge in the southern Appalachians: a critical examination of long-standing conflicts in a poly-deformed system, the Paleoproterozoic to Triassic crustal evolution of Korea's Gyeonggi Massif and tectonic correlation with the North China craton, thrust loading as a mechanism for crustal recycling: an example from the Swakane Gneiss Cascades crystalline core in Washington State, and geologic and kinematic insights from far-traveled horses in the Brevard fault zone of the southern Appalachians.
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Knudsen, "Iron-oxidizing microbial ecosystems thrived in late Paleoproterozoic redox-stratified oceans," Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol.
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