Matachewan dike swarm

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Map of the Matachewan and Mistassini dike swarms of Eastern Canada

The Matachewan dike swarm is a large 2,500 to 2,450 million year old Paleoproterozoic dike swarm of Northern Ontario, Canada. It consists of basaltic dikes that were intruded in greenschist, granite-greenstone, and metamorphosed sedimentary terrains of the Superior Craton of the Canadian Shield.[1] With an area of Script error: No such module "convert"., the Matachewan dike swarm stands as a large igneous province.[2]

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  1. ↑ Petrogenesis of basalts from the Archean Matachewan Dike Swarm Superior Province of Canada
  2. ↑ Igneous rock associations in Canada 3. Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) in Canada and adjacent regions: 3 Ga to Present.

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