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Churchill Craton

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The Churchill Craton is the northwestern section of the Canadian Shield, an ancient and stable block of continental crust stretching from southern Saskatchewan and Alberta north to Nunavut. Its Archean-age Western Churchill province records a complicated and protracted tectonic history, marking a major change in the craton own structural development over time. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Plate Tectonics via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Churchill Craton

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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Churchill Craton
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Churchill Craton (Wikipedia)
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The Churchill Craton is the northwest section of the Canadian Shield and stretches from southern Saskatchewan and Alberta to northern Nunavut.
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