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Record 1 2011-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

Of or pertaining to the craton.

CONT

Basinal sediments of cratonal origin.

OBS

First used by Stille in 1936 to designate a feature described as "kratogen" by Keeger. Used mostly in U.S. First spelled with a k.

OBS

craton: A part of the Earth's crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents.

PHR

Cratonic sequence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Se dit des parties anciennement consolidées de la lithosphère (cratons).

OBS

Craton [..] est un élément ancien de la croûte continentale qui a survécu à la fusion et à la séparation des continents et des supercontinents depuis au moins 500 millions d'années.

PHR

Bassin, lithosphère cratonique.

Spanish

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