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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 era...
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    incorporated among the Archaea. Eukaryotes first emerged during the Paleoproterozoic, likely as flagellated cells. The leading evolutionary theory is they...
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    subdivided into three geologic eras (from oldest to youngest): the Paleoproterozoic, Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic. It covers the time from the appearance...
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    as the Vredefort Dome. The impact structure was formed during the Paleoproterozoic Era, 2.023 billion (± 4 million) years ago. It is the second-oldest...
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    oxygen in the atmosphere, leading to the Great Oxidation Event in the Paleoproterozoic era. The earliest evidence of microbial oxidation of sulphur, dating...
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  • Huronian glaciation (category Paleoproterozoic geology)
    2 billion years ago (Gya), during the Siderian and Rhyacian periods of the Paleoproterozoic era. Evidence for glaciation is mainly based on the recognition of...
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    Diskagma (category Paleoproterozoic)
    Diskagma ("disc-like fragment") is a genus of problematic fossil from a Paleoproterozoic (2200 million years old) paleosol from South Africa, and significant...
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  • "Anatomy of impactites and shocked zircon grains from Dhala reveals Paleoproterozoic meteorite impact in the Archean basement rocks of Central India". Gondwana...
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    of the oldest. The crater was formed 1.849 billion years ago in the Paleoproterozoic era. The basin is located on the Canadian Shield in the city of Greater...
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    given, base of Paleoproterozoic defines the end of the Siderian Refinement of geochronometric divisions of the Proterozoic, Paleoproterozoic, repositioning...
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    The Ongeluk Large Igneous Province (Ongeluk LIP) is an early Paleoproterozoic large igneous province which resulted from the Ongeluk magmatic event, whose...
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  • is divided into three eras: the Neoproterozoic, Mesoproterozoic and Paleoproterozoic. Neoproterozoic: The youngest geologic era of the Proterozoic Eon,...
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    Rhyacian (category Paleoproterozoic)
    romanized: rhýax, meaning "stream of lava") is the second geologic period in the Paleoproterozoic Era and lasted from 2300 Mya to 2050 Mya (million years ago). Instead...
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    Vishnu Basement Rocks (category Paleoproterozoic geology)
    also, intrusive Early Paleoproterozoic ultramafic rocks. The term Zoroaster Plutonic Complex is used for all Paleoproterozoic granitic and grandioritic...
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    Archean rocks are overlain by Paleoproterozoic supracrustal sequences (ca. 1.8–2.1 Ga) and intruded by Paleoproterozoic diabase dykes (ca. 2.0–2.2 Ga)...
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  • 565 Ga Columbia Paleoproterozoic 2.1-1.5 Ga Atlantica Paleoproterozoic 2.0 Ga Nena Paleoproterozoic 1.9 Ga Baltica Paleoproterozoic 1.8 Ga Rodinia Neoproterozoic...
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  • Proterozoic Phaner ozoic Eoarchean Paleo­archean Meso­archean Neoarchean Paleo­proterozoic Meso­proterozoic Neo­proterozoic Paleozoic Mesozoic Cenozoic   (in...
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    Claire, Mark W. (16 June 2020). "The Great Oxidation Event preceded a Paleoproterozoic "snowball Earth"". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
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    gave the region its former name Gold Coast. Ancient rocks from the Paleoproterozoic, Neoproterozoic and perhaps early Paleozoic cover almost all of Ghana...
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    central Manitoba and east-central Saskatchewan "is one of the largest Paleoproterozoic volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VMS) districts in the world, containing...
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    Ga) Stenian (1–1.2 Ga) Ectasian (1.2–1.4 Ga) Calymmian (1.4–1.6 Ga) Paleoproterozoic (1.6–2.5 Ga) Statherian (1.6–1.8 Ga) Orosirian (1.8–2.05 Ga) Rhyacian...
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    Ga) Stenian (1–1.2 Ga) Ectasian (1.2–1.4 Ga) Calymmian (1.4–1.6 Ga) Paleoproterozoic (1.6–2.5 Ga) Statherian (1.6–1.8 Ga) Orosirian (1.8–2.05 Ga) Rhyacian...
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    Ga) Stenian (1–1.2 Ga) Ectasian (1.2–1.4 Ga) Calymmian (1.4–1.6 Ga) Paleoproterozoic (1.6–2.5 Ga) Statherian (1.6–1.8 Ga) Orosirian (1.8–2.05 Ga) Rhyacian...
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    Ga) Stenian (1–1.2 Ga) Ectasian (1.2–1.4 Ga) Calymmian (1.4–1.6 Ga) Paleoproterozoic (1.6–2.5 Ga) Statherian (1.6–1.8 Ga) Orosirian (1.8–2.05 Ga) Rhyacian...
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  • Royal Society of Chemistry in the past. Paleoproterozoic Mineralisation Research Group: The Paleoproterozoic Mineralisation Research Group (PPM) falls...
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    record survives. Continents existed during the preceding era (the Paleoproterozoic), but little is known about them. The continental masses of the Mesoproterozoic...
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    Ga) Stenian (1–1.2 Ga) Ectasian (1.2–1.4 Ga) Calymmian (1.4–1.6 Ga) Paleoproterozoic (1.6–2.5 Ga) Statherian (1.6–1.8 Ga) Orosirian (1.8–2.05 Ga) Rhyacian...
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    Great Oxidation Event (category Paleoproterozoic)
    or Oxygen Holocaust, was a time interval during the Early Earth's Paleoproterozoic era when the Earth's atmosphere and the shallow ocean first experienced...
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    (19–43 mi) Age 2229 Ma Pha. Proterozoic Archean Had. ↓ ± 5 Ma Rhyacian, Paleoproterozoic Exposed Yes Drilled No Location Location Yilgarn Craton Coordinates...
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    Ga) Stenian (1–1.2 Ga) Ectasian (1.2–1.4 Ga) Calymmian (1.4–1.6 Ga) Paleoproterozoic (1.6–2.5 Ga) Statherian (1.6–1.8 Ga) Orosirian (1.8–2.05 Ga) Rhyacian...
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