Fennoscandian Shield

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The Fennoscandian Shield is a vast, ancient Precambrian geological region in northern Europe, encompassing much of Scandinavia and parts of northwest Russia, known for its exposed crystalline bedrock and glacially sculpted landscapes.

All labels observed (12)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf craton ⓘ
geological shield ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
continentPart Baltic Shield ⓘ
linked to: Baltica
economicResource copper ⓘ
gold ⓘ
industrial minerals ⓘ
iron ore ⓘ
nickel ⓘ
platinum-group elements ⓘ
extendsTo Baltic Sea region ⓘ
Barents Sea margin ⓘ
linked to: Barents Sea
feature exposed bedrock ⓘ
fjelds ⓘ
fjords along its margins ⓘ
glacially sculpted landscape ⓘ
numerous lakes ⓘ
thin sedimentary cover ⓘ
formsBasementFor Scandinavian Peninsula ⓘ
parts of the Baltic Sea basin ⓘ
geologicalAge Precambrian ⓘ
glacialHistory repeated Pleistocene glaciations ⓘ
hasSubregion Karelian Province ⓘ
linked to: Karelia

Svecofennian Province ⓘ
Sveconorwegian Province ⓘ
locatedIn Finland ⓘ
Karelia ⓘ
Northern Europe ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
northwest Russia ⓘ
namedAfter Fennoscandia ⓘ
oldestRocksAge Archean Eon ⓘ
over 2.5 billion years ⓘ
orogenicHistory Karelian orogeny ⓘ
Svecofennian orogeny ⓘ
Sveconorwegian orogeny ⓘ
partOf Baltic Shield ⓘ
linked to: Baltica
relevance study of Precambrian crustal evolution ⓘ
rockType crystalline basement rocks ⓘ
gneiss ⓘ
granite ⓘ
greenstone belts ⓘ
scientificDiscipline geology ⓘ
surfaceProcess glacial erosion ⓘ
isostatic rebound ⓘ
tectonicSetting stable continental interior ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baltic Ice Lake → locatedIn → Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
Pannotia → containedCraton → Baltic craton ⓘ
subject linked to: supercontinent Pannotia
linked to: Fennoscandian Shield
Russian Plain → geology → underlain by East European Craton ⓘ
linked to: Fennoscandian Shield
Fennoscandia → hasGeologicalBasis → Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
Guiana Shield → partOf → Precambrian shields ⓘ
linked to: Fennoscandian Shield
Baltica → includesRegion → Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
Fennoscandian Shield → hasSubregion → Svecofennian Province ⓘ
linked to: Fennoscandian Shield
Kiruna → locatedOn → Scandinavian Shield ⓘ
linked to: Fennoscandian Shield
Lule River → locatedIn → Fennoscandian Shield region ⓘ
linked to: Fennoscandian Shield
Gällivare → locatedIn → Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
Lake Siljan → locatedIn → Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
Kjølen Mountains → isPartOf → Fennoscandian Shield region ⓘ
linked to: Fennoscandian Shield
Lovozero Massif → geologicalProvince → Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
East European Craton → hasAlternativeName → Baltic Craton ⓘ
linked to: Fennoscandian Shield
Siljan Ring → partOf → Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
Svecofennian orogeny → locatedIn → Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
Karelian orogeny → partOf → Fennoscandian Shield geological history ⓘ
linked to: Fennoscandian Shield
Karelian orogeny → locatedIn → Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
Karelian orogeny → affects → Fennoscandian Shield bedrock ⓘ
linked to: Fennoscandian Shield
Sveconorwegian orogeny → partOf → Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
Sveconorwegian orogeny → affects → Fennoscandian basement ⓘ
linked to: Fennoscandian Shield
Sveconorwegian Province → partOf → Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
Sveconorwegian Province → boundedBy → Svecofennian Province ⓘ
linked to: Fennoscandian Shield
Røros plateau → geology → Scandinavian Shield ⓘ
linked to: Fennoscandian Shield
Innlandet og Trøndelag mining region (historical) → geologicalContext → Scandinavian Shield (approximate) ⓘ
linked to: Fennoscandian Shield
Kiruna Mine → geologicalProvince → Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ