Canadian Shield
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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CANADIAN SHIELD
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The Canadian Shield is a large geographic area in eastern and central canada composed of bedrock dating to the precambrain era.
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Geological Shield is an area covered with metamorphic rocks and a thin layer of soil that forms the nucleus of the North American or Laurention Craton.
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The Canadian Shield is also called the Laurention Plateau or Bouclier Canadien(french). The Canadian Shield was formed over 2 billion years ago.
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The Canadian Shield is mostly composed of igneous rock which relates to its long volcanic history.
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The landscape of the Canadian Shield is mostly grass, bog (swamp), rocky with low mountain ranges with a few forests in the far North.
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In the southern forests of the Canadian Shield, they are mixed up from,
Birch, aspen, tamarock, black and white spruce, hemlock, pine and balsam trees.
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Canadian Sheild is rich mineral ore fields full of diamond, nickle, silver, copper and gold.
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