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Noun Concept
Categories: Cratons, Plate tectonics, Plate tectonics stubs
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platform  continental platform  plate on Earth’s crust  platform cover  platoform
EN
In geology, a platform is a continental area covered by relatively flat or gently tilted, mainly sedimentary strata, which overlie a basement of consolidated igneous or metamorphic rocks of an earlier deformation. Wikipedia
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In geology, a platform is a continental area covered by relatively flat or gently tilted, mainly sedimentary strata, which overlie a basement of consolidated igneous or metamorphic rocks of an earlier deformation. Wikipedia
The part of a continental craton that is covered by sedimentary rocks Wikipedia Disambiguation
Continental area covered by relatively flat or gently tilted, mainly sedimentary strata Wikidata
A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion. Wiktionary
Flat expanse of rock. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
landscape
object
geographic object
HAS PART
aulacogen
LV
tektoniskais valnis
PART OF
Earth's crust
HAS KIND
craton
Orogen
DE
Orogen
HAS INSTANCE
Giara di Gesturi
COMPETITION CLASS
continental crust
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
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platform (geology)
Wikidata
EN
platform
Wiktionary
EN
platform
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
continental platform, platform cover
Wikidata Alias
EN
plate on Earth’s crust, platoform

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