Amazonian craton

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craton

The Amazonian craton is an ancient, stable block of continental crust in South America that forms a major part of the geological core of the Amazon region.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Amazonia craton 1
Amazonian craton basement 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf craton ⓘ
borderedBy Andean orogenic belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Araguaia Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paraguay Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ribeira Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy old crystalline basement rocks ⓘ
tectonic stability ⓘ
composedOf gneisses ⓘ
granitoid rocks ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
containsRocksFrom Mesoproterozoic ⓘ
Neoproterozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paleoproterozoic ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
extendsInto Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ
French Guiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ
Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ
formsPartOf geological core of the Amazon region ⓘ
geologicalAge Precambrian ⓘ
hasBeenLinkedTo supercontinent Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
supercontinent Gondwana NERFINISHED ⓘ
supercontinent Rodinia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicResources base metal deposits ⓘ
bauxite deposits ⓘ
gold deposits ⓘ
iron ore deposits ⓘ
manganese deposits ⓘ
hasSubunit Central Brazil Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guaporé Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guiana Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ
importantFor reconstruction of Precambrian supercontinents ⓘ
isMajorComponentOf South American cratonic framework ⓘ
knownFor extensive greenstone belts in some areas ⓘ
large Precambrian magmatic provinces ⓘ
locatedIn Amazon Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern South America ⓘ
namedAfter Amazon region NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf South American Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
researchField Precambrian geology ⓘ
geochronology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
underlainBy thick continental lithosphere ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Amazonia → alsoKnownAs → Amazonian craton ⓘ
Amazonia → alsoKnownAs → Amazonian craton ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazonia craton
Grenville orogeny → preservedIn → Amazonian craton ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazonian craton basement