The deformation zone is known as the Huancabamba Deflection / Amazon Mega-shear and extends from the floor of the Pacific through the Andes, across the Amazon Craton and into the Atlantic Ocean.

Object Details Author Hoorn, C (Carina) Wesselingh, F. P Contents Introduction: Amazonia, landscape and species evolution / Carina Hoorn and Frank P. Wesselingh -- Tectonic processes as driving ...

* Juliani, C. et al; Gold in Paleoproterozoic (2.1 to 1.77 Ga) Continental Magmatic Arcs at the Tapajós and Juruena Mineral Provinces (Amazonian Craton,Brazil): A New Frontier for the Exploration ...