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Laurentia (Continent)

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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99011705
info:lc/authorities/sh99011705
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh99011705#concept

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Laurentia (Geology)

Broader Terms

Continents

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

Laurentia
Laurentia Label from public data source Wikidata
Laurentia (continent)
Laurentia (Continent)
Laurentia (Geology)

Earlier Established Forms

Laurentia (Geology)

Sources

found: Work cat.: 99-47508: Laurentia-Gondwana connections before Pangea, 1999.

found: Georef(Laurentia: ancient continent which formed in the early Proterozoic. It preceeded Laurasia and included much of the Canadian Shield, Greenland, and SW Scotland)

found: Glossary of geol., 2005(Laurasia: protocontinent of the Northern Hemisphere. Etymology: a combination of Laurentia, a paleogeographic term for the Canadian Shield and its surroundings and Eurasia)

Change Notes

1999-09-07: new

2007-03-29: revised

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