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Amazonian Craton - Quiz
Amazonian Craton
  • 1. Where is the Amazonian Craton located?
A) Australia
B) South America
C) Africa
D) North America
  • 2. What is the northern exhumed part of the Amazonian Craton called?
A) Guaporé Shield
B) Guiana Shield
C) São Francisco Craton
D) Río de la Plata Craton
  • 3. What is another name for the Central Brazil Shield?
A) Guiana Shield
B) Guaporé Shield
C) Telemarkia Shield
D) Sunsás Shield
  • 4. What structure lies between the Guiana Shield and the Guaporé Shield?
A) São Francisco Rift
B) Río Apa Craton
C) Amazon Rift
D) Fennoscandian Shield
  • 5. Which craton lies to the east of the Amazonian Shield?
A) Río Apa Craton
B) Río de la Plata Craton
C) São Francisco Craton
D) Guiana Shield
  • 6. Where is the Río Apa Craton located?
A) Paraguay–Brazil border
B) Northern Guyana
C) Central Brazil
D) Norway
  • 7. Which orogeny deformed the rocks of the Río Apa Craton?
A) Baltic orogeny
B) Sveconorwegian orogeny
C) Amazonian orogeny
D) Sunsás orogeny
  • 8. The Río Apa Craton is considered to be the southern part of which craton?
A) Río de la Plata Craton
B) Amazonian Craton
C) Fennoscandian Craton
D) São Francisco Craton
  • 9. Which orogeny in Fennoscandia is theorized to be related to a collision between Amazonia and Baltica?
A) Sunsás Orogeny
B) Amazonian Orogeny
C) Guaporé Orogeny
D) Sveconorwegian Orogen
  • 10. What is the age of the Sveconorwegian Orogen?
A) Phanerozoic
B) Paleoproterozoic
C) Late Mesoproterozoic–Early Neoproterozoic
D) Archean
  • 11. Which terrane in Norway is discussed as potentially being derived from the Amazonian Craton?
A) Sunsás terrane
B) Guiana terrane
C) Telemarkia terrane
D) Amazon Rift terrane
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