The Swayze greenstone belt is a late
Archean greenstone belt
Greenstone belts are zones of variably metamorphosed mafic to ultramafic volcanic sequences with associated sedimentary rocks that occur within Archaean and Proterozoic cratons between granite and gneiss bodies.
The name comes from the green ...
in northern
Ontario,
Canada. It is the southwestern extension of the
Abitibi greenstone belt.
Deformation history of the Kenogamissi Batholith and the eastern Swayze greenstone belt
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See also
* Volcanism of Canada
*Volcanism of Eastern Canada
The volcanology of Eastern Canada includes the hundreds of volcanic areas and extensive lava formations in Eastern Canada. The region's different volcano and lava types originate from different tectonic settings and types of volcanic eruptions, ra ...
*List of volcanoes in Canada
List of volcanoes in Canada is an incomplete list of volcanoes found in Mainland Canada, in the Canadian islands and in Canadian waters. All but one province, Prince Edward Island, have at least one volcano.
Alberta
British Columbia
Ne ...
* List of greenstone belts
References
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Volcanism of Ontario
Greenstone belts
Archean volcanism