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shield

large, tectonically stable formation of Precambrian crystalline rock
Class type of: non-geologically related mountain range, geologic province Q852013

Facts

3 properties
Subclass of
non-geologically related mountain range, geologic province[1][2]
Part of
craton[3]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en shield ar درع (طبقات الأرض) cs štít de Schild el Ηπειρωτική ασπίδα el Γεωλογική ασπίδα es escudo fa سپر (زمین‌شناسی) fi kilpi fr Bouclier he שילד id Perisai (geologi) it scudo ja たて状地 ja 楯状地 ja 盾状地 ko 순상지 nl geologisch schild nl continentaal schild pl Tarcza kontynentalna
🔖 Identifiers · 8
GND ID
7585147-7
OpenAlex ID
C138081364
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/continental-shield
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
bouclier-geomorphologie
Freebase ID
/m/03fcs_
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
138081364
PSH ID
3819
Topic's main category
Category:Shields (geology)

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🔗 Connections
Examples 10
Canadian Shield, Guiana Shield, Baltic Shield, Ukrainian Shield, Arabian-Nubian Shield, East Antarctic craton, Aldan Shield, Australian Shield +2 more
Subclass of 2
geologic province, non-geologically related mountain range
Belongs to 1
craton
Part of 1
craton
Topic's main category 1
Category:Shields (geology)
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Shields (geology)
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  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID → science/continental-shield
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fa', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: science/continental-shield"
  2. 20w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Shields (geology)
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
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