List of shields and cratons

List of shields and cratons

=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

List of named cratons

Listed by modern continent, include:

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)

Antarctica

*East Antarctic craton

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)

Eurasia

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

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

North America

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*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

outh America

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

See also

*Craton
*Platform (geology)
*Shield (geology)


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