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    The Paleoproterozoic Era (also spelled Palaeoproterozoic) is the first of the three sub-divisions (eras) of the Proterozoic eon, and also the longest...
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    "large colonial organisms" have been found in the black shales of the Palaeoproterozoic such as the Francevillian B Formation, in Gabon, dubbed the "Francevillian...
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    A. and Swager, C.P., 1998. Geology and tectonic evolution of the Palaeoproterozoic Bryah, Padbury and Yerrida basins, Western Australia: implications...
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    Francevillian group fossils) are a collection of 2.1-billion-year-old Palaeoproterozoic macroscopic structures, controversially suggested to be fossils, known...
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    formation was deposited between 2.14-2.08 Ga (billion years ago) in the Palaeoproterozoic, and, uniquely, has not experienced any thermal overprinting due to...
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    Røhr, T.S.; Ganerød, M.; Nasuti, A. (2015). "Geochronology of the Palaeoproterozoic Kautokeino Greenstone Belt, Finnmark, Norway: Tectonic implications...
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    can be divided into Archaean (c. 3.7–2.7 Ga) terranes separated by Palaeoproterozoic (c. 2.2–2.1 Ga and 2.0–1.9 Ga) belts. The Osnitsk-Mikashevichi Belt...
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    Hamersley Basin on the southern margin of the Pilbara Craton are Palaeoproterozoic and record the last stable submarine-fluviatile environments between...
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    reserve of more than 250 gigatonnes. It is found within a sequence of Palaeoproterozoic meta-sedimentary and meta-volcanic rocks that are preserved in a synform...
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    is often related to the oxidation of Earth's atmosphere during the Palaeoproterozoic era, when dissolved iron in the ocean came in contact with photosynthetically...
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    some protists only) and their hosts evolved.: 321–2  By the late Palaeoproterozoic, eukaryotic organisms had become moderately biodiverse. The blossoming...
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  • boundary between the Archaean to early Palaeoproterozoic Coulta Subdomain and the Cleve Subdomain, a Palaeoproterozoic orogenic belt ("mobile zone") probably...
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    and Tanzanian Craton. These proto-Congo blocks were deformed in the Palaeoproterozoic Eburnean orogeny but later stabilised. Before the opening of the South...
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    some debate as to when and even if Vaalbara existed. An Archaean–Palaeoproterozoic (2.8–2.1 Ga) link between South Africa and Western Australia was first...
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    2004.02.003. Retrieved 14 February 2016. Palaeoproterozoic development of the Nuna supercontinent Palaeoproterozoic development of Laurentia in the Nuna supercontinent...
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  • the Kaapvaal craton. The evolution of this 2.65–2.05 Ga Neoarchaean–Palaeoproterozoic basin is thought to have been derived largely from magmatism, palaeoclimate...
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    Clifford 1970. Following a terminology introduced in 2008, the Archaean-Palaeoproterozoic core of the craton is called the Proto-Kalahari Craton. This core...
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    (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2024. "Palaeoproterozoic sedimentation in the Cuddapah Basin south India and regional tectonics...
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  • 4540 Ma – 4000 Ma 4000 Ma – 2500 Ma 2500 Ma – 539 Ma. Contains the Palaeoproterozoic, Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic eras. 539 Ma – present The Phanerozoic...
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    Permian Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Paleogene Neogene Quaternary Palæoproterozoic Mesoproterozoic Neoproterozoic Palæozoic Mesozoic Cenozoic │ −2500...
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    Equatorial Guinea. Geologically, Gabon is primarily Archaean and Palaeoproterozoic igneous and metamorphic basement rock, belonging to the stable continental...
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    Oxygenation Event, which most scholars consider to have begun in the Palaeoproterozoic. Furthermore, oases of relatively high oxygen levels existed in some...
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    Ian R.; McNaughton, Neal J.; Rasmussen, Birger (2002). "Did late Palaeoproterozoic assembly of proto-Australia involve collision between the Pilbara...
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    metamorphic rock is typically around 30° to the east or northeast. Palaeoproterozoic age metadiorites and metatonalites forming a part of the East Barra...
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    contested Grypania spiralis and the fossils of the black shales of the Palaeoproterozoic Francevillian Group Fossil B Formation in Gabon. The evolution of...
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    contested Grypania spiralis and the fossils of the black shales of the Palaeoproterozoic Francevillian Group Fossil B Formation in Gabon (Gabonionta). The...
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    charnockites from Tamil Nadu, India, and the 'Ur'protocontinent in Early Palaeoproterozoic times". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 34 (4): 493–506. Bibcode:2009JAESc...
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    S2CID 130903053. Johansson, Åke; Hålenius, Ulf (20 January 2013). "Palaeoproterozoic mafic intrusions along the Avesta–Östhammar belt, east-central Sweden:...
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    "Protopangaea: Palaeomagnetic definition of Earth's oldest (mid-Archaean-Palaeoproterozoic) supercontinent". Journal of Geodynamics. 50 (3): 154–65. Bibcode:2010JGeo...
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    geology of Islay is intricate for such a small area. The deformed Palaeoproterozoic igneous rock of the Rhinns complex is dominated by a coarse-grained...
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