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The beginning of the Proterozoic Eon is defined by the stabilization of large continental-crustal blocks and may have represented a significant change in the nature of terrestrial tectonic processes. The existence, from even the earliest Proterozoic, of platformal deposits, aulacogens, and sedimentary prisms formed on continental margins seems to imply geotectonic regimes identical to those of the Phanerozoic. There were, however, several differences, the most significant of which was the presence in Proterozoic rocks of (apparently) ensialic mobile belts involving large-scale remobilization and remetamorphism of Archean basement.
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Frazier, W.J., Schwimmer, D.R. (1987). The Proterozoic. In: Regional Stratigraphy of North America. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1795-1_3
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