Pilbara Craton

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craton geological region

Pilbara Craton is one of Earth’s oldest and best-preserved pieces of continental crust in Western Australia, renowned for its ancient Archean rocks and early evidence of life.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Pilbara Craton canonical 6
East Pilbara Terrane 1
North Pilbara Terrane 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf craton ⓘ
geological region ⓘ
comparedWith Kaapvaal Craton ⓘ
contains De Grey Supergroup ⓘ
Pilbara Craton self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: East Pilbara Terrane

Fortescue Group ⓘ
Hamersley Group ⓘ
Pilbara Craton self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: North Pilbara Terrane

Turee Creek Group ⓘ
Pilbara Craton self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: West Pilbara Terrane

banded iron formations ⓘ
cherts with microfossils ⓘ
granite–greenstone terranes ⓘ
granitoid complexes ⓘ
greenstone belts ⓘ
komatiites ⓘ
sedimentary rocks ⓘ
stromatolites ⓘ
volcanic rocks ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
formsWith Vaalbara supercraton ⓘ
surface form: Pilbara–Kaapvaal supercraton (hypothesized)
geologicalAge Archean Eon ⓘ
surface form: Archean
hasApproximateAge 3.5 billion years ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance base metal deposits ⓘ
gold deposits ⓘ
industrial minerals ⓘ
iron ore deposits ⓘ
lithium deposits ⓘ
manganese deposits ⓘ
hasResearchSignificance Archean geodynamics ⓘ
early microbial ecosystems ⓘ
early plate tectonics debate ⓘ
origin of life ⓘ
hasRocksDatingBackTo about 3.5–3.8 billion years ago ⓘ
isOneOf Earth’s best-preserved Archean cratons ⓘ
Earth’s oldest pieces of continental crust ⓘ
knownFor ancient Archean rocks ⓘ
early evidence of life ⓘ
well-preserved continental crust ⓘ
locatedIn Western Australia ⓘ
overlainBy Fortescue Basin ⓘ
Hamersley Range ⓘ
surface form: Hamersley Basin

sedimentary basins ⓘ
partOf Australian Shield ⓘ
Sahul Shelf ⓘ
surface form: Australian continent
usedFor studies of early Earth atmosphere ⓘ
studies of early Earth tectonics ⓘ
studies of early biosphere ⓘ
studies of early ocean chemistry ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Pilbara region → geologicalFeature → Pilbara Craton ⓘ
Kaapvaal Craton → comparedWith → Pilbara Craton ⓘ
Kaapvaal Craton → formsPairedCratonWith → Pilbara Craton ⓘ
Mesoarchean Era → hasRepresentativeCratons → Pilbara Craton ⓘ
Chichester Range → partOf → Pilbara Craton ⓘ
Pilbara Craton → contains → Pilbara Craton self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Pilbara Terrane
Pilbara Craton → contains → Pilbara Craton self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Pilbara Terrane
Pilbara Craton → contains → Pilbara Craton self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Pilbara Terrane
Pilbara coast → adjacentTo → Pilbara Craton ⓘ