The Gawler Craton covers approximately 440,000 square kilometers of central South Australia, its Precambrian crystalline basement crustal block having been cratonized around 1550 to 1450 million years ago. Before that cratonization it comprised a number of active Proterozoic orogenic belts extending back in time to at least 2450 million years ago, and its rock record includes granitoids, volcanics, metamorphosed sediments and ultramafic intrusives.
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Plate Tectonics via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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