High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pampia was an ancient microcontinent or terrane that collided with Rio de la Plata Craton and Rio Apas Craton during the Pampean orogeny of late Proterozoic and early Cambrian. 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.Continental crustal fragments, partially synonymous with microcontinents, are fragments of continents thought to have been broken off from the main continental mass forming distinct islands, possibly several hundred kilometers from their place of origin. All continents are fragments; the terms 'continental fragment' and 'microcontinent' are restricted to those smaller than Sahul (Australia-New Guinea). Other than perhaps Zealandia, they are not known to contain a craton or fragment of a craton.

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