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Categories: Historical geology, Cratons

craton Sebakwe proto-Craton Sebakwe Craton cratonization cratons

The part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian WordNet 3.0

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The part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A craton is an old and stable part of the continental lithosphere, which consists of Earth's two topmost layers, the crust and the uppermost mantle. Wikipedia

An old and stable part of the continental crust, formerly spelled kraton Wikipedia Disambiguation

Part of the continental lithosphere Wikidata

A part of the Earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents. Wiktionary

Stable part of Earth's crust. Wiktionary (translation)

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