Mistassini dike swarm
Large geological structure in Canada
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The Mistassini dike swarm is a 2.5 billion year old Paleoproterozoic dike swarm of western Quebec, Canada. It consists of mafic dikes that were intruded in the Superior craton of the Canadian Shield. With an area of 100,000 km2 (39,000 sq mi), the Mistassini dike swarm stands as a large igneous province.[1]
See also
- Matachewan dike swarm
References
- ^ Igneous rock associations in Canada 3. Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) in Canada and adjacent regions: 3 Ga to Present.
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Large igneous provinces
- Agulhas (Northeast Georgia Rise, Maud Rise)
- Azores
- Brazilian Highlands
- Caribbean
- Central Atlantic
- Central Iapetus
- Circum-Superior
- Columbia River
- Deccan
- Emeishan
- Ethiopian and Yemen Highlands
- Equatorial Atlantic
- Franklin (Franklin dike swarm)
- High Arctic (Sverdrup Basin)
- Iceland
- Karoo-Ferrar
- Kerguelen (Broken Ridge)
- Marathon
- Keweenawan
- Long Range
- Mackenzie (Coppermine River
- Mackenzie dike swarm)
- Matachewan
- Mistassini
- North Atlantic
- Ongeluk
- Ontong Java-Manihiki-Hikurangi
- Panjal
- Paraná and Etendeka
- Shatsky
- Siberian
- Skagerrak
- Ungava
- Winagami
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