The Congo Craton is an ancient Precambrian craton, now largely covered by the Palaeozoic-to-recent Congo Basin, that together with the Kaapvaal, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and West African cratons makes up the modern continent of Africa. It formed between about 3.6 and 2.0 billion years ago and has remained tectonically stable since, bounded by younger fold belts that developed between 2.0 billion and 300 million years ago. The craton occupies a large part of central southern Africa, extending from the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo into Sudan and Angola.
Connections
Caused By
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.
Source Wikidata: Congo Craton
In Discipline
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.
Source Wikidata: Congo Craton
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Wikidata: Congo Craton
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Wikidata: Congo Craton
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Wikidata: Congo Craton
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
Wikidata: Congo Craton
Wikidata Q659596, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.