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Iapetus Ocean  Océan Iapetus
Ocean formed from the break up of the supercontinent Rodinia at the end of the Precambrian, and that closed up in the Middle Ordovician to Silurian from the accretion of the Gaspé Peninsula and Maritime Provinces.

Themes:
  Geological history and geology of Ottawa/Gatineau area

Related words:
  Ottawa Embayment
  Rodinia