Rio de la Plata Craton

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Precambrian continental crust block craton

The Rio de la Plata Craton is an ancient Precambrian continental crust block in South America that forms part of the geological core of the continent.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Río de la Plata craton 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Precambrian continental crust block ⓘ
craton ⓘ
ageEstimate >2.0 billion years ⓘ
Paleoproterozoic basement older than 2.1 Ga ⓘ
associatedWith Brasiliano–Pan-African orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ
boundedBy Brasiliano orogenic belts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dom Feliciano Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mantiqueira Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
comparedWith Amazonian Craton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rio Apa Craton NERFINISHED ⓘ
São Francisco Craton NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
crustalType continental crust ⓘ
formedDuring Paleoproterozoic crustal growth events ⓘ
formsPartOf geological core of South America ⓘ
geologicalAge Archean ⓘ
Paleoproterozoic ⓘ
Precambrian ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance hosts mineral resources in shield areas ⓘ
hasFeature buried basement under sedimentary basins ⓘ
exposed shield areas ⓘ
isOneOf major cratons of South America ⓘ
lithology gneiss ⓘ
granite-gneiss basement ⓘ
granulite ⓘ
high-grade metamorphic rocks ⓘ
migmatite ⓘ
locatedIn Uruguay NERFINISHED ⓘ
eastern Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern Brazil ⓘ
namedAfter Río de la Plata NERFINISHED ⓘ
overlainBy Phanerozoic sedimentary cover ⓘ
partOf South American Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
South American cratonic framework ⓘ
researchField Precambrian geology ⓘ
shield geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
roleInGeology records early evolution of South American continental crust ⓘ
studiedUsing geochronology ⓘ
isotope geochemistry ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonicSetting stable continental crust ⓘ
tectonicStability relatively stable since Precambrian ⓘ
underlies Pampia region of Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uruguay Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern Brazilian Shield ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Kalahari Craton → collidedWith → Rio de la Plata Craton ⓘ
Amazonia → borderedBy → Rio de la Plata Craton ⓘ
this entity surface form: Río de la Plata craton