List of shields and cratons
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[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
- 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
[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
[edit] Eastern Eurasia
- 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, today it is the Central Siberian Plateau
- Singhbhum craton, India
- Tarim craton, China
- Volgo-Uralian craton, Russia (3.0 - 2.7 Ga)
- Yakutai craton, Eastern Siberia
- Yangtze 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] North America
- Canadian Shield (or Laurentian Shield or Precambrian Shield)
- Churchill craton
- Hearne craton
- North American craton
- Rae craton
- Sask 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] South America
- Amazonian craton
- Guiana Shield
- Rio de la Plata Craton
- San Francisco craton
