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Calymmian
Proterozoic
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The first period of the Mesoproterozoic era, spanning 1.6 billion to 1.4 billion years ago, following the breakup of the supercontinent Columbia. It is characterized by stabilization and expansion of cratonic platform covers, sedimentary layers deposited over older, stable continental crust.
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