Craton

Word CRATON
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Definitions and meanings of "Craton"

What do we mean by craton?

A large portion of a continental plate that has been relatively undisturbed since the Precambrian Era and includes both shield and platform layers. noun

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

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

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

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The word "craton" in example sentences

Kimberlite pipes are created when magma bubbles up through a craton, expanding and cooling on its way up. ❋ By Carl Hoffman (2008)

But Fipke knew that, 100 miles under those pipes, was a craton, a thick, old chunk of continental plate where diamonds form. ❋ By Carl Hoffman (2008)

Fipke also knew that the craton underneath the pipes he had found ran all the way up the Rockies. ❋ By Carl Hoffman (2008)

The greenstones of the Kaapvaal craton in the northeast have been found to contain unicellular and biogenic filamentous structures, signs of some of the earliest forms of life. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If the craton has diamonds in it, the result is either a carrot-shaped, diamond-studded pipe reaching up to the surface or a wide, flat underground structure called a dike. ❋ By Carl Hoffman (2008)

The craton of North America has been relatively stable for about 600 million years. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Together the shield and platform form what geologists call a craton. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The continents of Australia, North America, South America, and Africa each have a single continuous craton forming their nucleus. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The platform and the basement rock together form a craton. ❋ Unknown (2007)

With two thirds of the country covered with the craton-type soil, in which the kimberlite stone which bears diamonds can be found, there has been a steady increase in diamond prospecting. ❋ Unknown (1997)

Africa's Kaap - Vaal craton and the equivalent Angolan, Zairean and ❋ Unknown (1994)

These geologic units overlie the craton we want to study and so don't tell us very much. ❋ By JOHN GOODGE (2011)

Glacier, we found a rich assortment of igneous and metamorphic rocks, probably eroded from the upstream craton, even though the local nunatak geology exposes only Beacon and Ferrar. ❋ By JOHN GOODGE (2011)

With the hundreds of samples we have to work with, we hope to find patterns that we can use to reveal the architecture of the ice-covered craton that we cannot see directly. ❋ By JOHN GOODGE (2011)

If you familiarize yourself with geologic time, the craton, changes in depositional environments, plate collisions, orogeny, and erosion, the Rockies become much more comprehensible. ❋ HankReardon (2010)

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