Talk:Laurentia

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Map
I gave proper credit to the North American craton map and what the colors mean. When I get a few more free hours ... Jrcrin001 (talk) 08:33, 27 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your help. Awickert (talk) 09:19, 27 April 2009 (UTC)


 * This article is looking good. Outdated tag to no references removed. Class B rating deserved. Jrcrin001 (talk) 02:36, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Worldwide view of the southwestern North American Craton
I do not agree. Based on the File:North america craton nps.gif, the deformed craton is similar to the Basin and Range Province. The border of the North American Craton is given by the Sr 0.704/0.706 isotope lines. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 08:05, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * You have changed the title from "Volcanism on the western edge of the North American craton" to "Volcanism on the southwestern edge of the North American craton", which is WP:NPOV in this case. I'm not stupid. You may think subduction volcanism is nothing special but others may disagree. What really matters is a wordwide view of the subject, not some Americanism. Much of Laurentia lies in Canada, as well does its western edge. Laurentia most likely has more magmatic features in Canada than in the United States given its larger size in Canada compared to the American portion. I am attempting to create an article for large magmatic events that will very likely "bust" the large volume volcanic eruptions in the Basin and Range Province article. BT (talk) 13:47, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Calm down, do not bust. It was a compromise, I do not think that u are stupid. Peace... The image has three colours: North American Craton (brown), deformed craton (violet), accretionary belt (green). This one section only talks about the west (violet). Yellowstone and Socorro are coming, you can't top that ;) --Chris.urs-o (talk) 15:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, when I make the article I am plaining to create it is going to include more extreme magmatic formations, some over 100000 km2. Then I am probably going to add some of it into this article with the Basin and Range stuff. BT (talk) 14:43, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

I've removed the long list of eruptions as undue weight and redundant with Large volume volcanic eruptions in the Basin and Range Province. That list should be improved with coords from the history here. An article section needs to be prose based and not undue weight of one particular portion. Vsmith (talk) 22:34, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Image
Can somebody explain why commons:North america craton nps.gif does not show anymore? --Chris.urs-o (talk) 07:10, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Etymology
I can't find an etymology anywhere, and the page seems to need one, so if anyone can find it that would be great. --Kurtle (talk) 01:18, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Platform thickness
Article states that the platform thickness ranges "from 1000m" - surely at the very edge, the thickness approaches zero? Also, there's no mention of the phanerozoic cover in northern Ontario in the Hudson/James Bay lowlands - I guess this should be mentioned in the platform section too? 205.234.50.212 (talk) 20:16, 25 February 2013 (UTC)