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Laurentia: Turning Points in the Evolution of a Continent 1-1-001-322-4330-322 having worked on most ofEditors: Steven J. Whitmeyer, Michael L. Williams, Dawn A. Kellett, and Basil Tikoff The North American continent has a rich record of the tectonic environments and processes that occur throughout much of Earth history. This Memoir focuses on seven turning points that had specific and lasting impacts on the evolution of Laurentia: (1) The Neoarchean, characterized by cratonization; (2) the Paleoproterozoic and the initial assembly of Laurentia; (3)