Calymmian Period

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The Calymmian Period is the earliest division of the Mesoproterozoic Era, marked by the stabilization and expansion of continental crust and the development of large sedimentary basins roughly 1.6 to 1.4 billion years ago.

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Calymmian Period canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chronostratigraphic unit ⓘ
geologic period ⓘ
absoluteAgeBoundaries defined numerically rather than by a specific stratotype ⓘ
approximateDurationMa 200 ⓘ
characterizedBy development of large sedimentary basins ⓘ
expansion of continental crust ⓘ
extensive platform sedimentation ⓘ
growth of stable cratons ⓘ
rifting events in some cratonic regions ⓘ
stabilization of continental crust ⓘ
chronologicalRank period ⓘ
definedBy International Commission on Stratigraphy ⓘ
endAgeMa 1400 ⓘ
endTime 1.4 billion years ago ⓘ
1400 million years ago ⓘ
followedBy continued Mesoproterozoic basin development ⓘ
follows Statherian Period ⓘ
geologicEon Proterozoic Eon ⓘ
geologicEra Mesoproterozoic Era ⓘ
namedFor development of extensive sedimentary cover sequences ⓘ
nameMeaning calymma means "cover" or "veil" in Greek ⓘ
partOf Mesoproterozoic Era ⓘ
positionInEra earliest period of the Mesoproterozoic ⓘ
precededBy Paleoproterozoic crustal evolution stages ⓘ
precedes Ectasian Period ⓘ
startAgeMa 1600 ⓘ
startTime 1.6 billion years ago ⓘ
1600 million years ago ⓘ
tectonicSetting relative stabilization of many continental blocks ⓘ
timeSpan 200 million years ⓘ
typicalDeposits continental margin sedimentary successions ⓘ
thick shallow-marine sedimentary sequences ⓘ
usedIn international geologic timescale ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Mesoproterozoic Era → contains → Calymmian Period ⓘ
Statherian Period → precedes → Calymmian Period ⓘ
Ectasian Period → follows → Calymmian Period ⓘ
Ectasian Period → precededBy → Calymmian Period ⓘ