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