Pampia was an 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
Cambrian
The Cambrian ( ) is the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and the Phanerozoic Eon. The Cambrian lasted 51.95 million years from the end of the preceding Ediacaran period 538.8 Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Ordov ...
.
It was one of the first terranes to be amalgamated to the old
cratons of the east, and was followed by the suturing of
Cuyania and
Chilenia terranes into the young
South American Plate.
References
Sources
The Andes - Tectonic Evolution
Geology of Argentina
Geology of Córdoba Province, Argentina
Historical continents
Terranes
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