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 3.4.1 Eastern Eurasia 3.4.2 Northern and Eastern Europe 3.5 North America 3.6 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

[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
• 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] South America

• Amazonian craton
• Guiana Shield
• Rio de la Plata Craton
• San Francisco craton

[edit] See also

• Platform
• Shield
• Cratonfr: craton

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