East European Craton
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The East European Craton (EEC) is the core of the
Ga Archaean crust in the southwest and east, and 2.3-2.1 Ga Early Proterozoic orogenic belts
.
The
Carpathians). The northwestern margin of the craton is overlaid by the fold-and-thrust Early Paleozoic Caledonian orogen
.
Platform basement
The most distinguishable physiographic aspect of the East European Craton is the extensive 3-km and more-thick
crystalline crust while the other part of the craton is the “platform” where the crystalline crust or basement
is overlaid by younger sedimentary cover. Thus the crustal segments of the East European Craton comprise both the Baltic Shield and the Ukrainian Shield, and the sedimentary platform basement.
Early tectonics
The East European Craton has a very complex tectonic history with extensive Proterozoic and Paleozoic rifting, a large portion of which is of early deep mantle plume origin.
References
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