Ukrainian Shield

1. 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.

External links

Ukrainian Crystalline Shield at the Great Soviet Encyclopedia

Geology of Europe

Geographic regions

Countries	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland (Republic) Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom

Other geographic entities associated with Europe	Abkhazia Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Ireland (island) Jan Mayen Jersey Kosovo Iberian Peninsula Isle of Man Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria Svalbard

Geologic regions

Orogens	Acadian Alpine Belomorian Cadomian Caledonian Carpathian Dalslandian Gothian Grampian Hellenic Laxfordian Lopian Saamian Scandian Scourian Timanide Svecofennian Sveconorwegian Uralian Variscan

Mountain ranges	Alps Apennines Caucasus Dinaric Alps Harz Massif Central Ore Mountains Pyrenees 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 Misian Plate Pelso Plate Tisza Plate

Terranes	Armorican terrane Avalonia Baltica Cimmerian Plate East European Craton Fennoscandian Craton Sarmatian Craton Volgo–Uralia

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