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Proterozoic
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Proterozoic [¦präd·ə·rə¦zō·ik]
(geology)
Geologic time between the Archean and Paleozoic eras, that is, from 2500 million to 550 million years ago. Also known as Algonkian.


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of Bristol, and PetroStrat) present 25 papers exploring ancient climate change over a period of some 600 million years (from the Late Proterozoic to the Cenozoic) and the role of micropalaeontology in its documentation.
1992, Late Proterozoic stratigraphy and the Canada-Australia connection: Geology, v.
Different aspects of the evolution of the western belt of the East European craton in the Late Proterozoic and Early Cambrian have been studied and new data obtained for defining the Cambrian-Precambrian boundary on that territory.
 
 
 
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