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Laurentia (Continent)

LC control no.sh 99011705
Geographic headingLaurentia (Continent)
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Geographic subdivision usageLaurentia (Continent)
Variant(s)Laurentia (Geology)
See alsoContinents
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Found inWork cat.: 99-47508: Laurentia-Gondwana connections before Pangea, 1999.
Georef (Laurentia: ancient continent which formed in the early Proterozoic. It preceeded Laurasia and included much of the Canadian Shield, Greenland, and SW Scotland)
Glossary of geol., 2005 (Laurasia: protocontinent of the Northern Hemisphere. Etymology: a combination of Laurentia, a paleogeographic term for the Canadian Shield and its surroundings and Eurasia)