Churchill Craton

The Churchill craton is the northwest section of the Canadian Shield and stretches from southern Saskatchewan and Alberta to northern Nunavut. It has a very complex geological history punctuated by at least seven distinct regional tectonometamorphic intervals, including many discrete accretionary magmatic events. The Western Churchill province is the part of the Churchill craton that is exposed north and west of the Hudson Bay. The Archaen (ca. 1.83 Ga) Western Churchill province contributes to the complicated and protracted tectonic history of the craton, and marks a major change in the behaviour of the Churchill craton with many remnants of Archean supracrustal and granitoid rocks.

Read more about Churchill Craton:  Major Tectonometamorphic Intervals, Hearne Domain, Western Churchill Province, Murmac Bay Group, Western Churchill Province, Taltson Magmatic Zone and Taltson Basement, Economic Geology

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