craton (Crossword)
Definitions of “craton”
If the answer you seek is not in the answers above these definitions may help solving your crossword puzzle.• Portions of the earth's crust that have remained stable for at least 1
• Stable foundation core of the Earth's various plates of continental crust
• A relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust
• The part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent
• Area of the continental crust that has not been significantly deformed typically since Cambrian times
• The stable portions of the continents that have escaped orogenic activity for the last 2 billion years
• A craton n (κράτος kratos `strength`) is an old and stable part of the continental lithosphere
• A part of the Earth's crust that has attained stability and has been little deformed for a long period of time
• A part of the earth's crust that has attained stability and has been little deformed for a prolonged period
• The relatively stable core of a continent that is not currently affected by tectonics along plate boundaries
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