Rhyacian System

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The Rhyacian System is a formal chronostratigraphic unit representing the rock record deposited during the Rhyacian Period of the Paleoproterozoic Eon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chronostratigraphic unit
formal chronostratigraphic unit
belongsTo Precambrian Supereonothem
chronostratigraphicRank system
correlatesWith Rhyacian Period
definedBy International Commission on Stratigraphy
discipline stratigraphy
eon Paleoproterozoic Eon
eonothem Paleoproterozoic Eonothem
field geology
followedBy Orosirian System
linked to: Siderian System
geochronologicEquivalent Rhyacian Period
geologicTimeStatus formal
lowerBoundaryDefinedBy base of the Rhyacian Period
partOf Paleoproterozoic Eonothem
positionInEonothem second system of the Paleoproterozoic Eonothem
precededBy Siderian System
represents Paleoproterozoic igneous rock successions
Paleoproterozoic metamorphic rock successions
Paleoproterozoic sedimentary rock successions
rock record of the Rhyacian Period
timeSpanApproximateEnd 2050 million years ago
timeSpanApproximateStart 2300 million years ago
upperBoundaryDefinedBy top of the Rhyacian Period
usedIn international chronostratigraphic scale

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