Amazonia

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Precambrian cratonic block craton geological province

Amazonia is a large Precambrian cratonic block that forms the geological core of much of northern South America, including a significant portion of the Amazon Basin.

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Label	Occurrences
Amazonia canonical	6

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Precambrian cratonic block ⓘ craton ⓘ geological province ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Amazonian craton ⓘ surface form: Amazonia craton Amazonian craton ⓘ
borderedBy	Guaporé Shield ⓘ Rio de la Plata Craton ⓘ surface form: Río de la Plata craton São Francisco craton ⓘ
composedOf	highly metamorphosed igneous rocks ⓘ highly metamorphosed sedimentary rocks ⓘ
contains	Archean basement rocks ⓘ Proterozoic basement rocks ⓘ
coveredBy	Amazon rainforest in many areas ⓘ
experienced	multiple Precambrian orogenic events ⓘ
exposedIn	Brazilian Highlands ⓘ surface form: Brazilian Shield Guiana Shield ⓘ
formedBefore	Phanerozoic orogenic belts of South America ⓘ
forms	geological core of a significant portion of the Amazon Basin ⓘ geological core of much of northern South America ⓘ
formsCoreOf	Amazon Basin ⓘ northern South America ⓘ
geologicalAge	Precambrian Supereon ⓘ surface form: Precambrian
hasLithology	gneisses ⓘ granitoid rocks ⓘ greenstone belts ⓘ
hasResearchField	Precambrian geology ⓘ
hasRoleIn	stabilization of northern South America ⓘ
hasSignificance	controls basement structure beneath northern South America ⓘ key to reconstruction of Precambrian supercontinents ⓘ
hasTectonicHistory	involvement in assembly of supercontinent Gondwana ⓘ involvement in assembly of supercontinent Rodinia ⓘ
is	one of the major cratons of South America ⓘ
locatedIn	South America ⓘ
overlainBy	Phanerozoic sedimentary cover ⓘ
partOf	South American Plate ⓘ
relatedTo	Congo Craton ⓘ surface form: Congo craton West African Craton ⓘ surface form: West African craton
studiedUsing	geochronology ⓘ isotope geochemistry ⓘ paleomagnetism ⓘ
underlies	large parts of the Amazon Basin ⓘ
underliesCountries	Bolivia ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Colombia ⓘ French Guiana ⓘ British Guiana ⓘ surface form: Guyana Suriname ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

supercontinent Columbia (Nuna) → containsCraton → Amazonia ⓘ

subject surface form: Nuna

Amazon Basin → partOf → Amazonia ⓘ

Enawené-Nawé language → macroArea → Amazonia ⓘ

Kalahari Craton → riftedFrom → Amazonia ⓘ

Grenville orogeny → continentAffected → Amazonia ⓘ

Asháninka (Campa) → culturalArea → Amazonia ⓘ

subject surface form: Asháninka