The Rio de la Plata Craton (RPC) is a medium-sized continental block found in Uruguay, eastern Argentina and southern Brazil. During its complex and protracted...

up Río de la Plata in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Río de la Plata (River Plate) is a river estuary in Argentina and Uruguay. Río de la Plata may...

the Amazonian Shield are the Río de la Plata Craton and the São Francisco Craton, which lies to the east. The Río Apa Craton at the Paraguay-Brazil border...

Amazonian Craton Guiana Shield Amazonian Shield São Francisco Craton (Congo Craton) Rio Apa Craton Río de la Plata Craton Arequipa–Antofalla Craton São Luís...

ancient microcontinent or terrane that collided with Río de la Plata Craton and Río Apas Craton during the Pampean orogeny of late Proterozoic and early...

Geography of Brazil Geography of South America South American Plate Río de la Plata Craton Fernando F. Alkmim; Stephen Marshak; Marco A. Fonseca (April 2001)...

Rodinia supercontinent c. 780–750 Ma. It separated the Río de la Plata Craton from the Congo Craton. The inversion of the Adamastor Ocean began about 640 Ma...

(Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela) Río de la Plata Craton – Medium-sized continental block in Uruguay, eastern Argentina and...

goes under the name of Rio Grande do Sul—Uruguay Shield and includes parts of Southern Brazil. Though the Río de la Plata Craton underlies practically...

(January 2003). "The Record of the Varanger Glaciation at the Río De La Plata Craton, Vendian-Cambrian of Uruguay". Gondwana Research. 6 (1): 65–77....

originated from an aulacogen splitting Arequipa-Antofalla Craton from Río de la Plata and Guaporé Craton. Following this interpretation the aulacogen would have...

Baltica), the Amazonian Craton and the West African Craton; in the south with the Río de la Plata and São Francisco cratons; in the southwest with the...

Río de la Plata Craton – Medium-sized continental block in Uruguay, eastern Argentina and southern Brazil São Francisco Craton – Ancient craton in eastern...

border to the north is composed of the Rio de la Plata craton and several accreted terranes comprising the La Pampa province. The underlying basement...

makes up the boundary between the rocks of the Pampean Orogen and Río de la Plata Craton. It is considered by scientists an extension of the Trans Brazilian...

various Precambrian geologic provinces: the Río de la Plata Craton, the Mantiqueira Province, the Luis Alves craton fragment, the Tocantins Province and the...

Etendeka traps (Paraná, Brazil–NE Namibia) Brazilian Highlands Río de la Plata Craton (Uruguay) Karoo-Ferrar (South Africa–Antarctica) Siberian Traps...

swarms consist of three dyke swarms of Precambrian age that intrude Río de la Plata Craton and Brasiliano Cycle continental crust in Uruguay. The dykes – including...

suggested an intra-cratonic rift or aulacogen basin between Río de la Plata-Pampia Craton and Arequipa Massif. Yet other hypotheses revolve around the...

Precambrian cratons, the Kalahari and East Antarctic Cratons, now located in Africa and Antarctica. Its development was also influenced by the Río de la Plata Craton...

formation of Gondwana, southeast Amazon craton". Geology. 38 (3): 267–270. doi:10.1130/G30510.1. Heilbron, Monica; De Morisson Valeriano, Cláudio; Sayão,...

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 (together...

Cingolani, Carlos (2009). "Extension and general evolution of the Río de la Plata Craton". Developments in Precambrian Geology. Vol. 16. Elsevier. pp. 73–85...

orientation and a dextral relative direction. It runs across the Río de la Plata Craton from the coast east of Montevideo in the south to the town of Sarandí...

550 million years ago during continental collision of the West African Craton. Parts of the rift were reactivated during the opening of the South Atlantic...

Batholith. Campal, N., & Schipilov, A. (1999). The eastern edge of the Rio de la Plata Craton: a history of tangential collisions. In Basement Tectonics 13 (pp...

"Paleomagnetism and rock magnetism of the Neoproterozoic Itajaí Basin of the Rio de la Plata craton (Brazil): Cambrian to Cretaceous widespread remagnetizations of...

southern part of the Río de la Plata Craton, much the same way the Uruguayan dyke swarms intrude the northeastern part of the craton. The calc-alkaline...

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...

of 1.79 and 1.59 Ga tholeiitic dyke swarms, and position of the Rio de la Plata Craton within the Columbia supercontinent". Lithos. 174: 157–174. Bibcode:2013Litho...