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Definition of Huronian

Huronian
Huronian Hu*ro"ni*an, a. [Named from Lake Huron.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to certain non-fossiliferous rocks on the borders of Lake Huron, which are supposed to correspond in time to the latter part of the Arch[ae]an age.

Meaning of Huronian from wikipedia

- The Huronian glaciation (or Makganyene glaciation) was a period where at least three ice ages occurred during the deposition of the Huronian Supergroup...
- The Huronian Supergroup is a Proterozoic ****emblage of geologic groups of the Superior Craton of the Canadian Shield in Ontario and Quebec. It extends...
- as the oxygen catastrophe, which, some geologists believe triggered the Huronian glaciation. Since the time period from 2420 Ma to 2250 Ma is well-defined...
- some other similar intrusions[specify] formed during this period. The Huronian (Makganyene) global glaciation began at the start of the Rhyacian and lasted...
- years ago during the Archean eon, prior to the Great Oxygenation Event and Huronian glaciation. Retinal-containing cell membranes exhibit a single light absorption...
- This date places the impact in the early Rhyacian, around the end of the Huronian glaciation. The age finding was based on analysis of ancient crystals of...
- several global glaciations, which produced the 300 million years-long Huronian glaciation (during the Siderian and Rhyacian periods of the Paleoproterozoic)...
- localities around the world. The most significant deposits are in the Huronian Supergroup in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada and in the Wi****ersrand Supergroup...
- number of glacial periods have been identified going as far back as the Huronian epoch, roughly 2400–2100 Ma. One of the best studied is the Sturtian-Varangian...
- the Huronian, have been dated to around 2.4 to 2.1 billion years ago during the early Proterozoic Eon. Several hundreds of kilometers of the Huronian Supergroup...