DEFINITION OF HURONIAN

A division of the Proterozoic of the Canadian

Shield, originally based on Sir William Logan’s 1845 field

examination of the region north of Lake Huron, in the Lake

Timiskaming area. He named the Huronian after a group of

conglomerates and slates that were found to rest unconformably

over older Laurentian granite, now known to be

Archean in age. The Huronian was later extended to the Lake

Superior region by Alexander Murray during 1847–1858.

See also CONTINENTAL CRUST; PROTEROZOIC.

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