List of Platforms, Shields and Cratons

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Contents 1 List of Platforms 2 List of Shields 3 List of Named Cratons 3.1 Africa 3.2 Antarctica 3.3 Australia 3.4 Eurasia 3.5 North America 3.6 Northern and Eastern Europe 3.7 South America 4 See also

[edit] List of Platforms

[edit] List of Shields

• African Shield AKA Ethiopian Shield
• Amazonian Shield of central South America
• The Angaran Shield of West Siberia
• Arabian-Nubian Shield
• (Western) Australian Shield
• Baltic Shield of Scandinavia and Eastern Europe
• Canadian Shield AKA Laurentian Shield
• The China-Korean Shield containing the North China Craton
• The East Antarctic Shield containing the East Antarctic craton
• Guiana Shield
• Indian Shield

[edit] List of Named Cratons

Listed by modern continent, include:

[edit] Africa

• • Arabian craton
  • Congo craton, central southern Africa
    • Bangweulu Block, Zambia
  • Kaapvaal craton, South Africa (3.6 - 2.5 Ga)
  • Kalahari craton
  • Saharan craton, Algeria
  • Sebakwe proto-craton
  • Tanzanian craton
  • West African craton
  • Zaire craton
  • Zimbabwe craton (3.5 Ga)

[edit] Antarctica

• • East Antarctic craton

[edit] Australia

• • Altjawarra craton
  • Central craton
  • Curnamona craton, South Australia
  • Gawler craton, central South Australia
  • Pilbara craton, Western Australia
  • Yilgarn craton, Western Australia (4.4 Ga)

[edit] Eurasia

• • Angaran craton, today it is the Central Siberian Plateau
  • Bhandara craton, India
  • Bundelkand craton, India
  • Dharwar craton, India (3.4 - 2.6 Ga)
  • East China craton
  • Indian craton
  • North China craton (sometimes called Sino-Korean craton), (2.5 Ga)
  • Sarmatian craton (3.7 - 2.8 Ga)
  • Siberian craton, (sometimes called Angara)
  • Singhbhum craton, India
  • Tarim craton, China
  • Volgo-Uralian craton, Russia (3.0 - 2.7 Ga)
  • Yakutai craton, Eastern Siberia
  • Yangtze craton

[edit] North America

• • Canadian Shield (or Laurentian Shield or Precambrian Shield)
  • Churchill craton
  • Guiana Shield
  • North American craton
  • Rae craton
  • Sclavia craton
  • Slave craton, Northwest Territory, Canada (4.03-3.5 Ga)
  • Superior craton, Canada and northern United States (3.7-2.7 Ga)
  • Wyoming craton

[edit] Northern and Eastern Europe

• • East European craton
  • Belomorian craton, part of the Fennoscandian Shield, between the Karelian and Kola cratons
  • Baltic Shield, part of the East European craton
  • Fennoscandian Shield, the exposed Northwestern part of the Baltic Shield in Norway, Sweden and Finland (3.1 Ga)
  • Karelian craton, part of the Fennoscandian Shield in Southeast Finland and Karelia Russia, (3.4 Ga)
  • Kola craton, part of the Fennoscandian Shield, Kola Peninsula, Northwest Russia
  • Midland craton of England and Wales
  • North Atlantic Craton
  • Sarmatian craton
  • Ukrainian Shield

[edit] South America

• • Amazonian craton
  • Rio de la Plata craton
  • San Francisco craton

[edit] See also

• Platform
• Shield
• Craton