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craton's Usage Examples:

Geography and climateAlmost all of Northern Australia is a huge ancient craton that has not experienced geological upheaval since the end of the Precambrian.

A 3D numerical geodynamical model of the plume-crust coupling was capable of reproducing the lateral asymmetry of the EAR around the Tanzania craton.

The vast craton in the north and west contains a number of quite rugged mountain ranges, of which the highest are the MacDonnell and Musgrave Ranges on the southern border of the Northern Territory.

existing platform covers, or by new platforms on recently cratonized basements.

following list of ancient cratons, microplates, plates, shields, terranes, and zones no longer exist as separate plates.

name in 1987, alternatively the Hyperborean craton, in reference to the hyperboreans in Greek mythology.

The two cratons consist of crust dating from 2.

The Trans-Hudson orogen sutured together the Hearne-Rae, Superior, and Wyoming cratons to form the cratonic.

or all of Earth"s continental blocks or cratons to form a single large landmass.

The melting broke through the surface of the craton in a massive flood basalt event, creating the.

The cratons are thick, and have survived for billions of years with little tectonic activity.

several stable cratons and sedimentary platforms bounded by orogenic (mountain) belts.

greenstone belt within the Wyoming craton that was intruded by Cenozoic alkalic volcanics.

Synonyms:

part, piece, continent,

Antonyms:

inside, outside, end, misconception,