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