craton
A part of the Earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents.
Related words
- cratonization
- cratonic
- metacraton
- metacratonic
- intracratonic
- pericratonic
Word history
From Ancient Greek "κράτος" (strength, might).
Where this comes from
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