Precambrian craton that with four others makes up the modern continent of Africa
Approximate location of Mesoproterozoic (older than 1.3 Ga) cratons within South America–Africa in their Gondwana configuration (c. 550-130 Ma).
The Congo Craton, covered by the Palaeozoic-to-recent Congo Basin, is an ancient Precambrian craton that with four others (the Kaapvaal, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, and West African cratons) makes up the modern continent of Africa. These cratons were formed between about 3.6 and 2.0 billion years ago and have been tectonically stable since that time. All of these cratons are bounded by younger fold belts formed between 2.0 billion and 300 million years ago.
The Congo Craton occupies a large part of central southern Africa, extending from the Kasai region of the DRC into Sudan and Angola. It forms parts of the countries of Gabon, Cameroon, and the Central African Republic. A small portion extends into Zambia as well, where it is called the Bangweulu Block.
The CongoCraton, covered by the Palaeozoic-to-recent Congo Basin, is an ancient Precambrian craton that with four others (the Kaapvaal, Zimbabwe, Tanzania...
Amazonian Craton Guiana Shield Amazonian Shield São Francisco Craton (CongoCraton) Rio Apa Craton Río de la Plata Craton Arequipa–Antofalla Craton São Luís...
years ago Bangweulu Block – Part of the Congocraton of central Africa (Zambia) CongoCraton – Precambrian craton that with four others makes up the modern...
and extent. These include "Nile Craton", "Sahara CongoCraton", "Eastern Saharan Craton" and "Central Saharan Ghost Craton". This last term is because the...
Laurentia or the North American Craton is a large continental craton that forms the ancient geological core of North America. Many times in its past, Laurentia...
The Congo Basin (French: Bassin du Congo) is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River. The Congo Basin is located in Central Africa, in a region known...
order of several billion years for many rocks. The country spans the CongoCraton: a stable section of ancient continental crust, deformed and influenced...
years ago. The cratons are from south to north, the Kalahari Craton, CongoCraton, Tanzania Craton and West African Craton. The cratons were widely separated...
The Owambo Basin is a sedimentary basin located on the CongoCraton in Southern Africa that extends from southern Angola into Namibia and includes the...
African Plate, the others being the Kalahari craton, Congocraton, Saharan Metacraton and Tanzania Craton. Cratons themselves are tectonically inactive, but...
Congo D.R. is a 500 million year old mountain chain, the Lufilian Arc, which formed when two large pieces of continental crust, the Kalahari craton and...
formation of Pannotia began during the Pan-African orogeny when the CongoCraton was lodged between the northern and southern halves of the previous supercontinent...
supercontinent c. 780–750 Ma. It separated the Río de la Plata Craton from the CongoCraton. The inversion of the Adamastor Ocean began about 640 Ma with...
split into three pieces: proto-Laurasia, proto-Gondwana, and the smaller CongoCraton. Proto-Laurasia and proto-Gondwana were separated by the Proto-Tethys...
intersection of the Congo and the Kalahari cratons. The Damara orogeny involved the suturing of the Congo–São Francisco and Río de la Plata cratons at 580–550 Ma...
metamorphic and igneous basement rock, formed in the Archean as part of the CongoCraton and the Central African Mobile Zone and covered in laterite, recent sediments...
metamorphic basement rock, belonging to the stable continental crust of the CongoCraton. Some formations are more than 2 billion years old. Some rock units are...
The East Antarctic Shield or Craton is a cratonic rock body that covers 10.2 million square kilometers or roughly 73% of the continent of Antarctica. The...
The Kuunga Orogeny between northern (CongoCraton, Madagascar and India) and southern Gondwana (Kalahari Craton and East Antarctica), which began c. 570...
southern coast along the west of the Congocraton and the western coast along the south of the West African craton. The coastline roughly corresponds to...
northwest and southwest Nigeria and in Cameroon to the north of the CongoCraton. The orogeny in northwest Nigeria was a major tectonic and thermal event...
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