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Kaapvaal Craton
Archaean craton, possibly part of the Vaalbara supercontinent / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Kaapvaal Craton (centred on the Limpopo Province in South Africa), along with the Pilbara Craton of Western Australia, are the only remaining areas of pristine 3.6–2.5 Ga (billion years ago) crust on Earth. Similarities of rock records from both these cratons, especially of the overlying late Archean sequences, suggest that they were once part of the Vaalbara supercontinent.[1]
![This map shows the outlines of the southern African nations of Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Kaapvaal's outline is superimposed on the countries.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Map_of_Kaapvaal_craton.svg/320px-Map_of_Kaapvaal_craton.svg.png)