Amazonia

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Amazonia is a large Precambrian cratonic block that forms the geological core of much of northern South America, including a significant portion of the Amazon Basin.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Amazonia canonical 11
Amazonía 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Precambrian cratonic block ⓘ
craton ⓘ
geological province ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Amazonia craton ⓘ
linked to: Amazonian craton

Amazonian craton ⓘ
borderedBy Guaporé Shield ⓘ
Río de la Plata craton ⓘ
São Francisco craton ⓘ
composedOf highly metamorphosed igneous rocks ⓘ
highly metamorphosed sedimentary rocks ⓘ
contains Archean basement rocks ⓘ
Proterozoic basement rocks ⓘ
coveredBy Amazon rainforest in many areas ⓘ
experienced multiple Precambrian orogenic events ⓘ
exposedIn Brazilian Shield ⓘ
linked to: Brazilian Highlands

Guiana Shield ⓘ
formedBefore Phanerozoic orogenic belts of South America ⓘ
forms geological core of a significant portion of the Amazon Basin ⓘ
geological core of much of northern South America ⓘ
formsCoreOf Amazon Basin ⓘ
northern South America ⓘ
geologicalAge Precambrian ⓘ
hasLithology gneisses ⓘ
granitoid rocks ⓘ
greenstone belts ⓘ
hasResearchField Precambrian geology ⓘ
hasRoleIn stabilization of northern South America ⓘ
hasSignificance controls basement structure beneath northern South America ⓘ
key to reconstruction of Precambrian supercontinents ⓘ
hasTectonicHistory involvement in assembly of supercontinent Gondwana ⓘ
involvement in assembly of supercontinent Rodinia ⓘ
is one of the major cratons of South America ⓘ
locatedIn South America ⓘ
overlainBy Phanerozoic sedimentary cover ⓘ
partOf South American Plate ⓘ
relatedTo Congo craton ⓘ
linked to: Congo Craton

West African craton ⓘ
linked to: West African Craton
studiedUsing geochronology ⓘ
isotope geochemistry ⓘ
paleomagnetism ⓘ
underlies large parts of the Amazon Basin ⓘ
underliesCountries Bolivia ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
linked to: British Guiana

Suriname ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nuna → containsCraton → Amazonia ⓘ
subject linked to: supercontinent Columbia (Nuna)
Amazon Basin → partOf → Amazonia ⓘ
Kalahari Craton → riftedFrom → Amazonia ⓘ
Asháninka → culturalArea → Amazonia ⓘ
subject linked to: Asháninka (Campa)
Resigaro → macroArea → Amazonia ⓘ
Teko people → culturalRegion → Amazonia ⓘ
Txikiyana → belongsToMacroArea → Amazonia ⓘ
pueblo Siona → ubicadoEn → Amazonía ⓘ
linked to: Amazonia
pueblo Secoya → región → Amazonía ⓘ
linked to: Amazonia