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greenstone belt

zone of variably metamorphosed (ultra)mafic volcanic sequences with associated sedimentary rocks occurring in Archaean and Proterozoic cratons between granite and gneiss bodies, typically dozens to thousands of kilometres long
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greenstone belt

Summary

greenstone belt ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (127 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • greenstone belt's subclass of is recorded as geological formation[2].
  • greenstone belt's Commons category is recorded as Greenstone belts[3].
  • greenstone belt's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03gx52[4].
  • greenstone belt's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Greenstone belts[5].
  • greenstone belt's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/greenstone-granite-belt[6].
  • greenstone belt's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780733770[7].
  • greenstone belt's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2780733770[8].
  • greenstone belt's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 108390[9].

Why It Matters

greenstone belt ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (127 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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