Lithology 15M (0)
| Impact melt, impact breccia/Impact site |
| Permo-Carboniferous igneous rocks including the Oslo rift |
| Vendian to Cambrian and Devonian alkaline igneous rocks |
| Upper Riphean (and possibly older) Vendian and Phanerozoic sedimentary rocks |
| Archaean rocks along the shortened Baltoscandian continental margin |
| Supracrustal rocks in exotic and outboard terranes |
| Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic (Cambrian to Devonian) rocks along the shortened Baltoscandian continental margin |
| Proterozoic rocks (c. 2.30-0.90 Ga) along the shortened Baltoscandian continental margin |
| Lower Palaeozoic intrusive rocks in exotic and outboard terranes |
| Granite, pegmatite, syenitoid, anorthosite, gabbroid (c. 1.00-0.92 Ga) |
| Granite, syenitoid, dioritoid, gabbroid and metamorphic equivalents (c. 1.46-1.30 Ga) |
| Granitoid, syenitoid, dioritoid, gabbroid, dolerite and metamorphic equivalents, supracrustal rocks (c. 1.71-1.66 Ga and possibly older) |
| Supracrustal rocks (in part c. 1.66-1.60 Ga) |
| Granitoid, syenitoid, dioritoid, gabbroid and metamorphic equivalents (in part c. 1.61-1.56 Ga) |
| Granite, syenitoid, dioritoid, gabbroid and metamorphic equivalents (c. 1.65-1.47 Ga) |
| Granitoid, syenitoid, dioritoid, dolerite and metamorphic equivalents (in part c. 1.27-1.00 Ga) |
| Supracrustal rocks (younger than c. 1.50 Ga), predominantly metasedimentary |
| Supracrustal rocks (c. 1.95-1.85 Ga and possibly older), predominantly metasedimentary |
| Granite, pegmatite (c. 1.85-1.75 Ga) |
| Granitoid, syenitoid, dioritoid, gabbroid and metamorphic equivalents, metavolcanic rocks (c. 1.96-1.86 Ga, in part as young as c. 1.84 Ga); 765 |
| Granitoid, syenitoid, dioritoid and gabbroid, supracrustal rocks (c. 1.86-1.84 and c. 1.82-1.76 Ga) |
| Granulitic rock, amphibolite, anorthosite (rocks of uncertain age, in time range 2.30-1.90 Ga) |
| Intrusive rocks, predominantly mafic and ultramafic |
| Supracrustal rocks, predominantly mafic/ultramafic metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks |
| Intrusive rocks (c. 3.20-2.50 Ga and possibly older), orthogneiss, migmatitic gneiss |
| Supracrustal rocks (c. 3.20-2.75 Ga and possibly older) |
Lithology 1M (1)
| 100 METEORITE IMPACT ROCKS AND SITES |
| 101 Impact melt, impact breccia |
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| 102 Impact site |
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| 200 CONTINENTAL SHELF |
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| 210 Cenozoic rocks |
| 211 Sediment underlain by ocean-floor basalt |
| 212 Sandstone, conglomerate, siltstone, shale, limestone |
| 213 Olivine nephelinite (Palaeocene) |
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| 220 Mesozoic rocks |
| 221 Sandstone, siltstone, shale, coal, marl, limestone |
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| 230 Neoproterozoic (and possibly Mesoproterozoic) and Palaeozoic rocks |
| 231 Volcanic, sedimentary and intrusive rocks, undifferentiated (Permo-Carboniferous) |
| 232 Limestone, marl, oil shale, shale, siltstone, sandstone (Middle Cambrian to Permian) |
| 233 Sandstone, conglomerate, siltstone, shale (Vendian to Lower Cambrian, in part even Middle Cambrian) |
| 234 Sandstone, conglomerate, siltstone, shale (Upper Riphean and possibly older) |
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| 240 Uppermost Palaeoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic rocks |
| 241 Dolerite, basalt (c. 1.27-1.22 Ga, in part c. 1.47 Ga) |
| 242 Sandstone, conglomerate, siltstone, shale (Riphean, pre-1.27 Ga) |
| 243 Granite, syenite, monzonite, gabbro, anorthosite (Mesoproterozoic) |
| 244 Granite, syenite, monzonite, gabbro, anorthosite, quartz porphyry (Uppermost Palaeoproterozoic) |
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| 300 NEOPROTEROZOIC (AND POSSIBLY MESOPROTEROZOIC) AND PHANEROZOIC ROCKS OUTSIDE THE CALEDONIAN OROGENIC BELT |
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| 310 Cenozoic rocks |
| 311 Sandstone, siltstone, shale, limestone |
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| 320 Mesozoic rocks |
| 321 Basalt (Jurassic and Cretaceous) |
| 322 Sandstone, siltstone, shale, coal, marl, limestone |
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| 330 Neoproterozoic (and possibly Mesoproterozoic) and Palaeozoic rocks |
| 331 Granite, syenite, monzonite, nepheline syenite, foid-bearing monzosyenite, diorite, gabbro, pyroxenite (Permo-Carboniferous) |
| 332 Latite porphyry, dolerite (Permo-Carboniferous) |
| 333 Rhyolite, trachyte, latite, basalt, sandstone, conglomerate (Permo-Carboniferous) |
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| 334 Nepheline syenite, foidolite, carbonatite, melilitolite, pyroxenite, peridotite (Devonian) |
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| 335 Lamprophyre, melilitite, nephelinite, dolerite (Devonian) |
| 336 Phonolite, trachyte, alkali basalt, picrite (Devonian) |
| 337 Limestone, marl, coal, oil shale, shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate (Middle Cambrian to Permian) |
| 338 Sandstone, conglomerate, siltstone, shale (Vendian to Lower Cambrian) |
| 339 Nepheline syenite, carbonatite, pyroxenite, alnöite (Vendian to Cambrian) |
| 340 Dolerite (Vendian to Cambrian) |
| 341 Sandstone, conglomerate, siltstone, shale (Upper Riphean and possibly older) |
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| Archaean rocks |
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| 351 Area with kimberlite pipes |
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| 400 CALEDONIAN OROGENIC BELT |
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| 410 Neoautochthonous rocks |
| 411 Sandstone and conglomerate (Devonian, in part uppermost Silurian) |
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| 420 Exotic and outboard terranes in Upper and Uppermost Allochthons |
| 421 Granite, syenite, monzonite, granodiorite, tonalite, trondhjemite, diorite, dolerite including sheeted dyke complex, gabbro, ultramafic rock (Lower Palaeozoic) |
| 422 Mica schist, paragneiss, marble, calc-silicate gneiss, quartzite, conglomerate, amphibolite in Uppermost Allochthon |
| 423 Metagreywacke, phyllite, conglomerate, quartzite, limestone, felsic and mafic metavolcanic rocks in Upper Allochthon (Lower Palaeozoic) |
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| 430 Continent-ocean transition zone in Upper Allochthon |
| 431 Metadolerite including sheeted dyke complex, amphibolite, gabbro, eclogite, ultramafic rock |
| 432 Garnet-mica schist, quartzo-feldspathic schist, quartzite, marble, amphibolite |
| 433 Metagranite (c. 1.65 Ga) |
| 434 Anorthosite, gabbro, ultramafic rock and metamorphic equivalents |
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| 440 Continental margin in Middle Allochthon |
| 441 Gabbro, ultramafic rock, nepheline syenite, carbonatite, granite (Neoproterozoic to Cambrian) |
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| 442 Dolerite (Neoproterozoic) |
| 443 Feldspathic metasandstone, meta-arkose, quartzite, metagreywacke, marble, tillite (Neoproterozoic) |
| 444 Granite, syenite, monzonite, tonalite and metamorphic equivalents (c. 1.70-0.90 Ga) |
| 445 Gabbro, anorthosite and metamorphic equivalents (c. 1.70-0.90 Ga) |
| 446 Felsic metavolcanic rock, metaporphyry |
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| 450 Continental margin (including platformal rocks) in Lower Allochthon and in windows with uncertain tectonostratigraphic status |
| 451 Arkose, quartzite, greywacke, siltstone, shale, phyllite, limestone, dolomite, tillite |
| 452 Granite, granodiorite, quartz monzonite, monzogabbro (1.00-0.90 Ga) |
| 453 Gabbro, eclogite, ultramafic rock (in part c. 1.45 Ga) |
| 454 Granite, granodiorite, tonalite and metamorphic equivalents (c. 1.70-1.51 Ga) |
| 455 Felsic volcanic rock, porphyry |
| 456 Mafic and intermediate volcanic rocks |
| 457 Granite, granodiorite, syenite, monzonite and metamorphic equivalents (c. 2.20-1.70 Ga) |
| 458 Gabbro, diorite, anorthosite, ultramafic rock and metamorphic equivalents (c. 2.20-1.70 Ga) |
| 459 Mica gneiss, paragneiss, subordinate marble and graphite schist |
| 460 Quartzite, metagreywacke, mica schist, minor mafic metavolcanic rock (c. 2.30 Ga) |
| 461 Mafic metavolcanic rock, banded silicate-carbonate rock, serpentinite (c. 2.30 Ga) |
| 462 Granite, granodiorite, tonalite and metamorphic equivalents |
| 463 Migmatitic gneiss of granodioritic to dioritic composition |
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| 500 NEOPROTEROZOIC (TO MESOPROTEROZOIC) ROCKS |
| 501 Gabbro, norite, anorthosite, monzogabbro, monzonite, quartz monzonite (c. 0.93-0.92 Ga) |
| 502 Granite, pegmatite (c. 1.00-0.92 Ga) |
| 503 Dolerite, metadolerite (c. 1.18-0.93 Ga) |
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| 600 MESOPROTEROZOIC (TO PALAEOPROTEROZOIC) ROCKS |
| 601 Meta-arkose, metagreywacke, conglomerate, quartzite, marble, mafic and felsic metavolcanic rocks (younger than c. 1.27 Ga) |
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| 602 Granite, granodiorite, trondhjemite, monzonite, monzodiorite, diorite and metamorphic equivalents (c. 1.25-1.00 Ga) |
| 603 Granite, syenite and metamorphic equivalents (c. 1.25-1.20 Ga) |
| 604 Lamprophyre, lamproite (c. 1.23-1.15 Ga) |
| 605 Dolerite (c. 1.27-1.22 Ga) |
| 606 Granite, monzonite, syenite and metamorphic equivalents (c. 1.56-1.20 Ga) |
| 607 Granite, quartz monzonite, syenite and metamorphic equivalents, in part hypersthene-bearing (c. 1.46-1.30 Ga) |
| 608 Gabbro, pyroxenite, anorthosite, dolerite and metamorphic equivalents (c. 1.46-1.30 Ga) |
| 609 Quartzite (c. 1.45 Ga or younger) |
| 610 Sandstone, conglomerate, siltstone, shale (Riphean, pre-1.27 Ga) |
| 611 Basalt, dolerite |
| 612 Meta-andesite, metarhyolite, metasandstone, quartzite, conglomerate, amphibolite (c. 1.50 Ga) |
| 613 Granite, quartz monzonite, syenite, nepheline syenite and metamorphic equivalents (c. 1.58-1.47 Ga) |
| 614 Gabbro, pyroxenite, anorthosite, dolerite and metamorphic equivalents (c. 1.58-1.47 Ga) |
| 615 Dolerite, metadolerite, amphibolite, gabbro, metagabbro, granophyre (c. 1.57-1.47 Ga) |
| 616 Granite, granodiorite, monzonite, monzodiorite, diorite and metamorphic equivalents |
| 617 Granodiorite, tonalite, granite, monzonite and metamorphic equivalents (c. 1.61-1.56 Ga), banded orthogneiss and paragneiss |
| 618 Gabbro, diorite, ultramafic rock and metamorphic equivalents |
| 619 Metagreywacke, quartzite, paragneiss, mafic metavolcanic rock (c. 1.60 Ga) |
| 620 Quartzite, mica schist, mica gneiss, marble, hornblende gneiss, amphibolite |
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| 700 PALAEOPROTEROZOIC ROCKS (1.71-1.61 Ga and possibly older) |
| 701 Quartz porphyry, basalt (c. 1.62 Ga) |
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| 702 Dolerite (c. 1.65-1.62 Ga) |
| 703 Granite, monzonite, syenite (c. 1.65-1.62 Ga) |
| 704 Gabbro, anorthosite, dolerite (c. 1.65-1.62 Ga) |
| 705 Felsic metavolcanic rock (c. 1.66 and c. 1.61 Ga) |
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| 706 Granite, quartz monzonite, monzonite, quartz syenite and metamorphic equivalents (c. 1.71-1.66 Ga, in part older, possibly as old as c. 1.86 Ga) |
| 707 Gabbro, diorite, dolerite, ultramafic rock and metamorphic equivalents (c. 1.71-1.66 Ga, in part possibly as old as c. 1.86 Ga) |
| 708 Sandstone, conglomerate |
| 709 Rhyolite, trachyte, trachydacite (c. 1.71-1.69 Ga) |
| 710 Trachybasalt, basaltic trachyandesite, trachyandesite (c. 1.71-1.69 Ga) |
| 711 Metagranite (c. 1.71-1.66 Ga) |
| 712 Metagranodiorite, metatonalite (c. 1.71-1.66 Ga) |
| 713 Gabbro, diorite, ultramafic rock and metamorphic equivalents |
| 714 Granitic orthogneiss, fine- to medium-grained (c. 1.70 Ga or possibly older) |
| 715 Felsic and mafic metavolcanic rocks, paragneiss, quartzite (c. 1.70 Ga or possibly older) |
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| 750 PALAEOPROTEROZOIC ROCKS (1.96-1.75 Ga) |
| 751 Dolerite, gabbro, metagabbro (c. 1.77 Ga) |
| 752 Lamprophyre (c. 1.84-1.77 Ga) |
| 753 Dunite, peridotite, pyroxenite, gabbro, alkaline gabbro, alkaline granite, nepheline syenite, carbonatite |
| 754 Rhyolite (c. 1.80-1.78 Ga), conglomerate, sandstone |
| 755 Basaltic andesite, trachyte, trachydacite, dacite (c. 1.80-1.78 Ga) |
| 756 Granite, granodiorite, quartz monzonite, monzonite, syenite and metamorphic equivalents, in part hypersthene-bearing (c. 1.86-1.84 Ga and c. 1.82-1.76 Ga) |
| 757 Gabbro, diorite, ultramafic rock and metamorphic equivalents (c. 1.86-1.77 Ga) |
| 758 Granodiorite, tonalite, granite and metamorphic equivalents (c. 1.86-1.84 Ga and c. 1.77 Ga) |
| 759 Granite, pegmatite (c. 1.85-1.75 Ga) |
| 760 Granodiorite, granite, pegmatite, subordinate gabbro (c. 1.86-1.85 Ga) |
| 761 Red sandstone and mudstone, conglomerate, metasandstone, quartzite, phyllite, volcanic and metavolcanic rocks |
| 762 Granite, granodiorite (c. 1.88-1.87 Ga) |
| 763 Granite, monzonite, syenite, in part pyroxene-bearing (c. 1.88-1.87 Ga) |
| 764 Gabbro, diorite, monzodiorite, ultramafic rock (c. 1.88-1.87 Ga) |
| 765 Peridotite, pyroxenite, gabbro |
| 766 Dolerite dyke complex (c. 1.88 Ga) |
| 767 Mafic to intermediate volcanic and metavolcanic rocks (c. 1.88-1.86 Ga, in part possibly younger) |
| 768 Felsic to intermediate volcanic and metavolcanic rocks (c. 1.88-1.86 Ga, in part possibly younger) |
| 769 Granodiorite, tonalite, granite, monzonite, syenite and metamorphic equivalents, in part hypersthene-bearing (c. 1.91-1.88 Ga, in part as young as c. 1.84 Ga) |
| 770 Gabbro, diorite, ultramafic rock and metamorphic equivalents (c. 1.91-1.88 Ga, in part as young as c. 1.84 Ga) |
| 771 Quartzite, meta-arkose |
| 772 Marble |
| 773 Mafic metavolcanic rock (c. 1.90-1.88 Ga) |
| 774 Felsic to intermediate metavolcanic rock (c. 1.90-1.88 Ga) |
| 775 Metagreywacke, metasiltstone, metasandstone, mica schist, graphite- and/or sulphide-bearing schist, paragneiss, amphibolite intercalations (c. 1.95-1.87 Ga and possibly older) |
| 776 Picrite, basalt, andesite and high-Mg andesite, metamorphosed |
| 777 Andesite, dacite and rhyolite, metamorphosed |
| 778 Mafic metavolcanic rock (c. 1.92-1.91 Ga) |
| 779 Felsic to intermediate metavolcanic rock (c. 1.92-1.91 Ga) |
| 780 Granodiorite, tonalite, granite, gabbro and metamorphic equivalents; alkaline gneiss (c. 1.96-1.91 Ga) |
| 781 Mafic metavolcanic rock (c. 1.95 Ga and/or older) |
| 782 Felsic metavolcanic rock (c. 1.95 Ga and/or older) |
| 783 Ophiolite complex including serpentinite, gabbro, sheeted dykes, pillowed tholeiitic metabasalt, black schist, chert (c. 1.96-1.95 Ga) |
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| 800 LAPLAND-WHITE SEA GRANULITE BELT (rocks of uncertain age, in time range 2.30-1.90 Ga) |
| 801 Anorthosite |
| 802 Felsic to intermediate granulitic rock |
| 803 Mafic to intermediate granulitic rock |
| 804 Mafic granulitic rock, amphibolite |
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| 850 PALAEOPROTEROZOIC ROCKS (2.50-1.96 Ga) |
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| 860 Rock group 2.06-1.96 Ga |
| 861 Mica schist, metagreywacke, black schist, conglomerate |
| 862 Gabbro and dolerite, of variable ages |
| 863 Ferrodolerite, monzodiorite |
| 864 Tholeiitic basalt, rhyolite, chert, jasper, banded iron formation |
| 865 Tholeiitic basalt, ferropicrite, picrite, peridotite, pyroxenite, gabbro, wehrlite/dolerite |
| 866 Gabbro, peridotite |
| 867 Komatiite, picrite, tholeiitic basalt |
| 868 Black schist, carbonaceous quartzite, siltstone, shungitic rocks, dolostone, imestone, basalt, andesitic basalt, picrobasalt/dolerite |
| 869 Tholeiitic basalt, arkosic sandstone, quartzite, greywacke, dolostone, black schist |
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| 870 Rock group 2.30-2.06 Ga |
| 871 Dolostone, stromatolitic dolostone, arkosic sandstone, quartzite, siltstone, limestone, basalt |
| 872 Trachybasalt, trachyandesite, tholeiitic basalt, picrite, dacite, quartzite, arkosic sandstone, dolostone, stromatolitic dolostone, jasper |
| 873 Tholeiitic basalt, subordinate quartzite and conglomerate |
| 874 Quartzite, mica schist, mica gneiss, conglomerate |
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| 880 Rock group 2.40-2.30 Ga |
| 881 Basalt, high-Mg basalt, high-Mg andesite, dacite, komatiitic basalt/dolerite |
| 882 Mica schist, conglomerate, gritstone, diamictite, arkosic sandstone, quartzite, tuffite |
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| 890 Rock group 2.50-2.40 Ga |
| 891 Granite, quartz syenite, quartz monzonite, monzonite, charnockite |
| 892 Layered intrusion: gabbro, gabbro-norite, anorthosite, dunite, peridotite, pyroxenite |
| 893 Anorthosite, gabbro |
| 894 Rhyolite, dacite, greywacke, conglomerate |
| 895 Tholeiitic, komatiitic and andesitic basalt, andesite, dacite, peridotite, gabbro, siltstone, quartzite, arkosic sandstone |
| 896 Basalt, andesite, komatiitic basalt, dacite, quartzite, arkosic sandstone |
| 897 Graphite-bearing, garnet-kyanite-staurolite schist, sericite schist, quartzite, arkosic sandstone, conglomerate |
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| 900 ARCHAEAN ROCKS |
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| 910 Plutonic rocks and undifferentiated gneiss and migmatitic rock complexes |
| 911 Granodiorite, granite, porphyritic granite (c. 2.60-2.50 Ga) |
| 912 Carbonatite (c. 2.60 Ga) |
| 913 Alkaline granite, alkaline syenite |
| 914 Anorthosite, gabbro (c. 2.65 Ga) |
| 915 Granite, pegmatite (c. 2.70-2.65 Ga) |
| 916 Gabbro, monzodiorite, syenite, granodiorite (c. 2.74-2.65 Ga) |
| 917 Granite, granodiorite, diorite, quartz diorite, porphyritic granite (c. 2.75-2.65 Ga) |
| 918 Diorite, tonalite, granodiorite, trondhjemite, enderbite, charnockite (c. 3.00-2.74 Ga) |
| 919 Tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite gneiss, quartzo-feldspathic gneiss, enderbite, migmatitic gneiss, with mafic and felsic enclaves (c. 3.20-2.65 Ga and possibly older) |
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| 920 Amphibolite - schist - gneiss belts. |
| 921 High-Al mica schist, mica gneiss, hornblende gneiss with amphibolite enclaves |
| 922 Mica schist and mica gneiss, migmatitic gneiss, amphibolite, banded iron formation |
| 923 Amphibolite, amphibole gneiss |
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| 930 Volcanic-dominated greenstone belts (c. 3.20-2.75 Ga and possibly older) |
| 931 Komatiite, basalt, andesite, dacite, rhyolite |
| 932 Andesite, dacite, rhyolite, greywacke, arkosic sandstone, conglomerate, amphibolite, mica schist, locally banded iron formation |
| 933 Tholeiitic, komatiitic and Fe-rich tholeiitic basalt, peridotite, gabbro, dacite, rhyolite, conglomerate |
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