Anatomy of a Continent - Lesson 20 - Part 2 of 6

Planet of Man Series -- Shield of Plenty Starring; Tuzo Wilson -- renowned Canadian geophysicist Anatomy of a Continent-Lesson 20-Part 2 of 6 Planet of Man -- Shield of Plenty •Canadian pacific railway through Canadian Shield which lead to the discovery of the Sudbury basin •Vintage footage showing underground mining •Fred Larose -- silver ore discovered Cobalt Ontario •Vintage footage of silver smelting in the Cobalt area •Exploration of Precambrian rocks •Stromatolites in Northwest territories and Australia •Radiometric dating guide in determining age of rock •Archean and Proterozoic rocks •Greenstone belts -- formation and origin unknown but wealth of resources are found here. •Differences between Archean and Proterozoic rock types are important.