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    Laurentia or the North American Craton is a large continental craton that forms the ancient geological core of North America. Many times in its past,...
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    North Atlantic Ocean c. 56 Mya. The name is a portmanteau of Laurentia and Asia. Laurentia, Avalonia, Baltica, and a series of smaller terranes, collided...
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  • Laurentia may refer to: Geography Laurentia, the continental craton at the heart of North America Laurentia, a former continent North America, the continent...
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    the continents of Laurentia, Siberia, and Baltica. Baltica moved to the east of Laurentia, and Siberia moved northeast of Laurentia. The split created...
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    Laurentia Tan Yen Yi BBM PBM (/lɒˈrɛnʃə/ lo-REN-shə; Chinese: 陈雁仪; pinyin: Chén Yànyí, pronounced [tʂə̌n jɛ̂n í]; born 24 April 1979), is a Singaporean...
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  • Laurentia is a genus of snout moths described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1888. Laurentia albivenella Hampson, 1918 Laurentia inclarella Ragonot, 1888 "GlobIZ...
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  • Dame Laurentia McLachlan, OSB, née Margaret McLachlan, (11 January 1866 – 23 August 1953) was a Scottish Benedictine nun, Abbess of Stanbrook Abbey, and...
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    162 Laurentia is a large and dark main-belt asteroid that was discovered by the French brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on 21 April 1876, and named...
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    laurentia, the turquoise emperor or Cherubina emperor, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Apaturinae. Doxocopa laurentia has...
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  • Laurentia inclarella is a species of snout moth. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1888. It is found on Java. "GlobIZ search". Global Information...
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    end of the Caledonian orogeny associated with the collision between the Laurentia and Baltic tectonic plates at the end of the Silurian continuing into...
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    ago (Ma). It was caused by the closure of the Iapetus Ocean when the Laurentia and Baltica continents and the Avalonia microcontinent collided. The orogeny...
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    Palatias and Laurentia (Italian: Sante Palazia e Laurenzia, Lorenza) (died 302 AD) are martyrs venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches...
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    the paleolatitude of the Laurentia was in the southern hemisphere near the equator, between 0° to 30°S latitude. Laurentia did not change much with respect...
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    Acca Larentia (redirect from Acca Laurentia)
    Biography and Mythology. Henry Gardiner Adams, ed. (1857). "Acca, or Arca-Laurentia". A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography: 4. Wikidata Q115282732. Acca Larentia...
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  • Chrysomela laurentia is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America. "Chrysomela laurentia Report". Integrated Taxonomic...
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    Bioregionalism is a philosophy that suggests that political, cultural, and economic systems are more sustainable and just if they are organized around...
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    Adriana-Laurenția "Laura" Stoica (10 October 1967 – 9 March 2006) was a Romanian pop rock singer, composer and actress. She is often considered the best...
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    Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic. 750–600 million years ago, Baltica and Laurentia rotated clockwise together and drifted away from the Equator towards the...
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    Ocean shrank in front. It collided with the continents Baltica, then Laurentia, and finally with Gondwana, ending up in the interior of Pangea. When...
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    Lobelia (redirect from Laurentia (plant))
    List Mecoschistum Dulac Rapuntium Mill. Dortmanna Hill Cardinalis Fabr. Laurentia Michx. ex Adans. Chamula Noronha Pratia Gaudich. Holostigma G.Don Tupa...
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  • southwest of Laurentia, and Australia is north of Antarctica. AUSWUS-Configuration (Australia-western US): Australia is west of Laurentia. AUSMEX-Configuration...
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    high-grade metamorphic rocks. It forms the North American Craton (or Laurentia), the ancient geologic core of the North American continent. Glaciation...
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    USS Laurentia (AF-44) was an Adria-class stores ship in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946 and from 1950 to 1970. She was scrapped...
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  • Laurentia has been a part of many supercontinents throughout its time. The formation of Laurentia is similar to the formation of Eurasia. Laurentia is...
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    Columbia. Around 1.1 billion years ago, Baltica and Arctica (as part of the Laurentia block) became joined to Rodinia, later resplitting around 550 million...
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    the Iapetus Ocean between Laurentia and western Gondwana. During this interval, the Cambrian explosion occurred. Laurentia was docked against the western...
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    at least two volcanic island arcs collided with Laurentia to form the Appalachian Mountains. Laurentia was otherwise tectonically stable. An island arc...
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    first mountain range in the region was created when the continents of Laurentia and Amazonia collided, creating a supercontinent called Rodinia. The collision...
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    and southern Africa; Laurentia and Baltica; Siberia and Laurentia; Laurentia and central Australia; East Antarctica and Laurentia; and North China and...
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