craton

English - Turkish

Definition of craton in English Turkish dictionary

kraton

English - English

Definition of craton in English English dictionary

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

Part of the earth's crust that has been stable and little deformed for a prolonged period of time

{i} hard and stationary part of the Earth's crust (Geology)

area of the Earth’s crust which is no longer affected by mountain building processes and has been stable for the last 1,000 million years

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A part of the earth's crust that has attained stability and has been little deformed for a long time The term is restricted to continents

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

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

that part of the earth's crust which has been stable for at least 1,500 million years

Hyphenation

cra·ton

Turkish pronunciation

krätın

Pronunciation

/ˈkratən/ /ˈkrætən/

Etymology

[ 'krA-"tän, 'kra- ] (noun.) 1944. From Ancient Greek κράτος (“strength, might”).