Transect Summary
The Abitibi subprovince is the largest, and perhaps the best studied, of the Archean granite-greenstone terranes of the world. It is host to a major proportion of Canada's mineral resources. The Grenville province represents tectonically stacked slices of Archean and Proterozoic rock assemblages and provides a unique opportunity to study a cross-section of the Earth's crust.
The Abitibi-Grenville Transect focuses its studies on the Archean Abitibi greenstone belt, part of the southern Superior province which is the central core of the North American craton, and the middle Proterozoic Grenville orogen which extends from southern Sweden to southern Mexico, but is exposed principally in the southeastern Canadian shield.
Résumé du Transect
La sousprovince de l'Abitibi est possiblement la plus importante et la plus étudié des terrains de granite-roches vertes au monde. D'ailleurs on y retrouve la majeure proportion des ressources minérales du Canada. L'assemblage tectonique de la province du Grenville permet l'étude de la croute terrestre.
Le Transect Abitibi-Grenville concentre ses efforts de recherche sur la ceinture des roches vertes archéenne, sur la partie sud de la Province du Supérieur, qui est en fait la partie centrale du noyau du craton Nord Américain, ainsi que sur l'orogène Protérozoique du Grenville.
Map of Abitibi-Grenville Transects
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