Ukrainian Shield

In geology the Ukrainian Shield (or Ukrainian Crystalline Massif) is the southwest shield of the East European craton. The Ukrainian Shield and the Voronezh Massif consist of 3.2-3.8 Ga Archaean crust in the southwest and east, and 2.3-2.1 Ga Early Proterozoic orogenic belts. Ukrainian shield is approx. 1000 km long and up to 250 km wide.

1. Ukrainian Shield

External links

Ukrainian Crystalline Shield at the Great Soviet Encyclopedia

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Orogens	Acadian Alpine Belomorian Cadomian Caledonian Carpathian Dalslandian Gothian Grampian Hallandian-Danopolonian Hellenic Laxfordian Lopian Saamian Scandian Scourian Timanide Svecofennian Sveconorwegian Uralian Variscan
Mountain ranges	Alps Apennines Caucasus Dinaric Alps Harz Massif Central Ore Mountains Pyrenees Scandinavian Mountains Sudetes Urals Western Carpathians
Oceanic basins	Atlantic Ocean Arctic Ocean Bay of Biscay Black Sea Mediterranean Sea Norwegian Sea
Intracontinental basins and grabens	Aquitaine Basin Barents Basin Baltic Sea Basin Central Lowlands Dnieper–Donets Rift Ebro Basin European Cenozoic Rift System Limagne Graben Mezen Basin Molasse Basin Moscow Basin North Sea Basin Oslo Rift Pannonian Basin Paris Basin Peri-Caspian Depression Timan-Pechora Basin White Sea Rift System
Tectonic plates and microcontinents	Adriatic Plate Aegean Sea Plate Anatolian Plate Eurasian Plate Iberian Plate Jan Mayen Microcontinent Moesian Plate Pelso Plate Tisza Plate
Terranes	Armorican terrane Avalonia Baltica Cimmeria East European Craton Fennoscandian Craton Sarmatian Craton Volgo–Uralia

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