Talk:Geology of North America

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[edit] Province map?

The Geologic provinces section cries out for a map illustrating the boundaries of the provinces. --JohnRDaily 02:46, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed move to Geology of North America

Does anyone have any feelings about moving to Geology of North America instead? -Ravedave (talk) 21:31, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

I think it's a good idea. --Amaltheus (talk) 03:46, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

I agree. Any reason not to do a simple move? Note there is not a Geology of Mexico or Geology of Canada article.

[edit] By political division

It's pretty rare that political divisions lie along lines that would make sense from a geological perspective (aside, I suppose, from boundaries that are oceans.) I don't think we should be pursuing more articles about geology by state; regions (such as "Pacific Northwest", "Rocky Mountains", etc.) make more sense. I've reverted some recent template additions to a number of related articles. -Pete (talk) 16:10, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

If we shouldn't be pursuing geology articles by political division, we should determine another way of dividing up the continent's geology. A template at the bottom of North American geology pages would be helpful for navigation and organization; we just need to create one that will encompass the appropriate articles. Neelix (talk) 16:48, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I don't see any problem with a "Geology of North America" template that links to the existing articles. Might take a little creativity to organize it well, but it should be possible. I just don't see any reason to encourage the creation of, say, a "Geology of Oregon" article when a perfectly serviceable "Geology of the Pacific Northwest" article exists. I think that's probably true of most states; the geology of the region makes more sense for an article. -Pete (talk) 17:16, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

What do you think of the idea of using the "Geology of North America" article that I added previously, but creating redirects to the larger more applicable areas from the state names? For example, "Geology of Oregon" would redirect to "Geology of the Pacific Northwest", as would the other links to states in that area. Where the state is the proper area to use geologically, the page would be an article rather than a redirect. Where it is too specific, it could redirect to an article that pertains to a larger area. Neelix (talk) 20:12, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I would prefer to build something with very few redirects, so that the reader can readily see what articles do and don't exist. I just posted a note at WikiProject Geology, to see if anyone there wants to weigh in. Glad you're motivated to work on a navbox, and I'm guessing they will be, too! -Pete (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 20:25, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Why is most of this article about American geology? Half of North America's geology lies in Canada, as well as some of the oldest (i.e. Canadian Shield). Black Tusk 02:23, 20 March 2008 (UTC)